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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 9 March 1997
Sunday
Lunar date
农历丁丑年二月初一
丁丑 (Dingchou) · Year of the Ox · 癸卯 庚戌
Nayin Hairpin Gold
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · táo shǐ huá
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1997-03-20
Auspicious
Weddings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Visiting family and friends · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave
Avoid
Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Building bridges · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes
- Clash
- Dragon · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Danger
- Lunar mansion
- Star · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 碓磨栖 外东北
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 庚不经络织机虚张 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Auspicious stars
yuè kōng · tiān ēn · liù hé · bù jiàng · jīn táng
Inauspicious stars
yuè shà · yuè xū · sì jī · Heavenly Prison
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Azure Dragon | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Heavenly Punishment | Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
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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