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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 January 1996

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历乙亥年十一月廿六
乙亥 (Yihai) · Year of the Pig · 己丑 壬子
Nayin Mulberry Wood
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · zhì shǐ gòu
Next solar term · Major Cold 1996-01-21
Auspicious

Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Placing the bed · Cutting cloth for garments · Building livestock pens · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Opening a grave for reburial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone · Moving a coffin · Encoffining

Avoid

Consecrating sacred images · Weddings · Opening for business · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Wings · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
仓库碓 外东北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · guān rì · liù hé · xù shì

Inauspicious stars

tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · sì jì · liù shé · tǔ fú · guī jì · xuè jì · Heavenly Punishment · zhú zhèn

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59辛丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59壬寅White Tiger
05:00–06:59癸卯Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59乙巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
11:00–12:59丙午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59丁未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
15:00–16:59戊申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial
21:00–22:59辛亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · 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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