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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 May 1997
Saturday
Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Installing doors · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Planting · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial
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- Clash
- Rabbit · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Willow · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 房床门 外西南
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 癸不词讼理弱敌强 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
mín rì · sān hé · shí yīn · yào ān · chú shén · míng fèi
sǐ qì · wǔ lí · Vermilion Bird
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Bright Hall | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · 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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