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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 13 November 1996

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历丙子年十月初三
丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 己亥 甲寅
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · dì shǐ dòng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1996-11-22
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Moving house · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Moving into a new home · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Laying foundations · Setting column bases · Building temples · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Decorating walls · Repairing roads · Visiting family and friends · Travel · Digging ponds · Building a privy

Avoid

Opening granaries · Roofing · Building bridges · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
占门炉 外东北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · sì xiāng · shí dé · xiàng rì · liù hé · wǔ fù · jīn táng · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · sǐ shén · yóu huò · wǔ xū · bā fēng · bā zhuān · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59丁卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59戊辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59己巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59庚午White TigerWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59癸酉Black TortoiseThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove

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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