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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 December 1988
Tuesday
Lunar date
农历戊辰年十一月十二
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 甲子 己酉
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1988-12-21
Auspicious
Ritual bathing · Haircut · Cleaning the house
Avoid
Felling trees · Acquiring livestock · Raising the ridge beam · Moving into a new home · Building a stove · Building livestock pens · Weddings · Burial · Making beams · Building boats · Installing doors
- Clash
- Rabbit · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Turtle Beak · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 六白金
- Fetus god
- 占大门 外东北
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
- Folk taboo days
- Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · jīn táng · chú shén · Bright Hall · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
hé kuí · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · wǔ lí
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Bright Hall | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
The almanac (huangli) is a Chinese folk tradition. Its rules come from historical texts such as the Xieji Bianfang Shu (1739); it is shown here as cultural heritage, not as a prediction or advice.
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