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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 February 2000

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历庚辰年正月十二
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 戊寅 甲辰
Nayin Lamp Fire
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · yú zhì fù bīng
Next solar term · Rain Water 2000-02-19
Auspicious

Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for children · Visiting family and friends · Placing the bed · Raising livestock · Sculpting and painting deities · Acupuncture and moxibustion

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Moving house · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Setting up separate households · Installing the household altar · Building a stove · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Burial · Breaking ground · Felling trees

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
占门栖 房内东
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

shǒu rì · tiān wū · fú dé · liù yí · jīn táng · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · jiǔ kōng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · fù rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59丙寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59丁卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59戊辰Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59己巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial
13:00–14:59辛未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59壬申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59癸酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59乙亥Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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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Aztec calendars
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Roman calendar
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