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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 October 1996
Saturday
Lunar date
农历丙子年九月初一
丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 戊戌 壬午
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · hóng yàn lái bīn
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1996-10-23
Auspicious
Making carts and tools · Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Visiting family and friends · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial
Avoid
Raising the ridge beam · Consecrating sacred images · Roofing · Setting up carpentry trestles · Making a coffin in advance
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Stomach · auspicious
- Nine star
- 六白金
- Fetus god
- 仓库碓 外西北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars
yuè kōng · tiān ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · yào ān · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Golden Coffer | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Black Tortoise | Seeking wealth |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · 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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