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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 October 1996
Wednesday
Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Buying property · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Visiting family and friends · Moving house · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Closing the roof ridge · Installing doors · Draining water · Catching pests · Acquiring livestock
Building temples · Building boats · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial
- Clash
- Dragon · Sha direction north
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Establish
- Lunar mansion
- Three Stars · auspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 厨灶栖 外西北
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丙不修灶必见灾殃 戌不吃犬作怪上床
- Folk taboo days
- Monthly taboo day
Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · mǔ cāng · shǒu rì · tiān mǎ
yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · White Tiger
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Prison | Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Azure Dragon | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · 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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