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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 November 1997

Friday

Lunar date
农历丁丑年十月廿二
丁丑 (Dingchou) · Year of the Ox · 辛亥 丁卯
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · zhì rù dà shuǐ wèi shèn
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1997-11-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Taking up a post · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Visiting family and friends

Avoid

Building a stove · Medical treatment

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
仓库门 外正南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 卯不穿井水泉不香
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yīn dé · mín rì · sān hé · shí yīn · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59辛丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59壬寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59癸卯Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59乙巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59丙午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59戊申White TigerMoving into a new home · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59己酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59辛亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

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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