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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 13 April 1997

Sunday · Songkran

Lunar date
农历丁丑年三月初七
丁丑 (Dingchou) · Year of the Ox · 甲辰 乙酉
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term
Pure Brightness
Pentad · tián shǔ huà wèi rú
Next solar term · Grain Rain 1997-04-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Laying foundations · Setting column bases · Building boats · Fishing · Cleansing and exorcism · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial · Thanking the Earth God · Encoffining

Avoid

Opening for business · Breaking ground · Digging wells · Digging ponds

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Room · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
碓磨门 外西北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān yuàn · liù hé · bù jiàng · pǔ hù · chú shén · bǎo guāng · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · wǔ xū · tǔ fú · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59戊寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59己卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59壬午Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59癸未Heavenly VirtueBuilding and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59甲申White TigerTravel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59丁亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PrisonSacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth

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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Gregorian calendar
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