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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 January 1993

Friday

Lunar date
农历壬申年十二月十六
壬申 (Renshen) · Year of the Monkey · 癸丑 己丑
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · yàn běi xiāng
Next solar term · Major Cold 1993-01-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cleansing and exorcism · Building livestock pens · Training oxen and horses · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Weddings · Breaking ground · Digging ponds · Burial

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Bond · auspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
占门厕 外正北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 丑不冠带主不还乡
Auspicious stars

shǒu rì · bù jiàng · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · wǎng wáng · fù rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
03:00–04:59丙寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59戊辰White Tiger
09:00–10:59己巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59壬申Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59甲戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59乙亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · 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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