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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 1 January 2002

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历辛巳年十一月十八
辛巳 (Xinsi) · Year of the Snake · 庚子 己巳
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · shuǐ quán dòng
Next solar term · Minor Cold 2002-01-05
Auspicious

Weddings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Visiting family and friends · Felling trees · Making beams · Drilling post holes · Placing the bed · Digging wells · Catching pests · Hunting

Avoid

Preparing one's own tomb · Breaking ground for a grave · Funeral procession · Burial

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
占门床 外正南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 巳不远行财物伏藏
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

wǔ fù · bù jiàng · yì hòu

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · chóng rì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

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

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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