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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 10 January 1989

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历戊辰年十二月初三
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 乙丑 庚午
Nayin Earth by the Road
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · què shǐ cháo
Next solar term · Major Cold 1989-01-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Visiting family and friends · Travel · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Ritual bathing · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Weddings · Demolition · Placing the bed · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Taking up a post · Cutting cloth for garments · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Felling trees · Catching pests · Planting · Breaking ground for a grave · Installing doors

Avoid

Roofing · Opening for business · Building a stove · Moving into a new home

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Encampment · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
占碓磨 外正南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 午不苫盖屋主更张
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · jìng ān · jiě shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · wǔ xū · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59丁丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59己卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building a stove
13:00–14:59癸未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59甲申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59乙酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home

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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