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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 January 1994

Saturday

Lunar date
农历癸酉年十一月廿七
癸酉 (Guiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 乙丑 甲午
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · yàn běi xiāng
Next solar term · Major Cold 1994-01-20
Auspicious

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Breaking ground · Acquiring livestock · Thanking the Earth God · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave

Avoid

Felling trees · Opening for business · Trading · Raising the ridge beam · Building a stove · Installing doors · Roofing

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Stomach · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
占门碓 房内北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 午不苫盖屋主更张
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · sì xiāng · 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甲子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59乙丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
03:00–04:59丙寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites
09:00–10:59己巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
11:00–12:59庚午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59辛未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59壬申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59癸酉Bright HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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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