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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 February 1996

Saturday · Laylat al-Qadr

Lunar date
农历乙亥年十二月廿九
丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 庚寅 甲申
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · yú zhì fù bīng
Next solar term · Rain Water 1996-02-19
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Cleaning the house · Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Cleansing and exorcism · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Destruction
Lunar mansion
Root · inauspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
占门炉 外西北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

yì mǎ · tiān hòu · pǔ hù · jiě shén · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè pò · dà hào · fù rì · wǔ lí · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59乙丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59丁卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59戊辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59己巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Closing the roof ridge
11:00–12:59庚午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59癸酉Black TortoiseThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
21:00–22:59乙亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子Controller of FateWeddings · 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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