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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 May 1993

Saturday

Lunar date
农历癸酉年闰三月十七
癸酉 (Guiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 丁巳 己丑
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · lóu guō míng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1993-05-21
Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Travel · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Cleansing and exorcism · Breaking ground for a grave

Avoid

Weddings · Digging wells · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Burial

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Willow · inauspicious
Nine star
二黑土
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

yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · liù yí · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sì jī · guī jì

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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