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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 7 November 1996

Thursday

Lunar date
农历丙子年九月廿七
丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 己亥 戊申
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term today
Start of Winter
Pentad · shuǐ shǐ bīng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1996-11-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Catching pests · Hunting · Making nets · Cleaning the house

Avoid

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Placing the bed · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Legs · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
房床炉 房内中
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 申不安床鬼祟入房
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · chú shén

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · jié shà · yuè hài · dì náng · wǔ lí · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59癸丑Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59乙卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
07:00–08:59丙辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59戊午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59己未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
17:00–18:59辛酉Black Tortoise
19:00–20:59壬戌Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59癸亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings

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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