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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 7 May 1996

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历丙子年三月二十
丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 癸巳 甲辰
Nayin Lamp Fire
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · lóu guō míng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 1996-05-21
Auspicious

Weddings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Building a stove · Making carts and tools · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Building a privy · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Encoffining

Avoid

Roofing · Building bridges · Installing doors · Burial · Raising the ridge beam

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Wings · inauspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
占门栖 房内东
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · shí dé · yáng dé · fú shēng · Controller of Fate

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · wǔ xū · bā fēng

Hours of the day

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