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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 March 2002

Sunday

Lunar date
农历壬午年二月初四
壬午 (Renwu) · Year of the Horse · 癸卯 甲申
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 2002-03-21
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Demolition · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Praying for children · Starting school · Haircut · Felling trees · Setting up carpentry trestles · Making beams · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Building and repairs · Laying foundations · Setting column bases · Draining water · Taking up a post

Avoid

Installing doors

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Emptiness · inauspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
占门炉 外西北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · tiān mǎ · yào ān · jiě shén · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · wǔ lí · White Tiger

Hours of the day

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