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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 May 1996
Friday
Lunar date
农历丙子年三月十六
丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 壬辰 庚子
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Grain Rain
Pentad · dài shèng jiàng yú sāng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 1996-05-05
Auspicious
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Avoid
Nothing is favourable
- Clash
- Horse · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Ghost · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 四绿木
- Fetus god
- 占碓磨 房内南
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 庚不经络织机虚张 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars
mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · tiān cāng · shèng xīn · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
guī jì · Heavenly Prison
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Controller of Fate | |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · 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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