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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 1995

Thursday · Yalda Night

Lunar date
农历乙亥年十月三十
乙亥 (Yihai) · Year of the Pig · 戊子 丙戌
Nayin Earth on the Roof
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 1995-12-22
Auspicious

Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Cleansing and exorcism · Setting up carpentry trestles · Drilling post holes · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Raising the ridge beam · Returning home · Roofing · Closing the roof ridge · Digging wells · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Breaking ground for a grave · Planting

Avoid

Moving house · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Burial

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
厨灶栖 外西北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Folk taboo days
Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · shí yáng · shēng qì

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · jiǔ kōng · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PrisonSacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59己丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs
03:00–04:59庚寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59辛卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
07:00–08:59壬辰Azure Dragon
09:00–10:59癸巳Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59乙未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59丙申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial
19:00–20:59戊戌White TigerWeddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
21:00–22:59己亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business

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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