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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 2002
Saturday · Yalda Night
Lunar date
农历壬午年十一月十八
壬午 (Renwu) · Year of the Horse · 壬子 癸亥
Nayin Water of the Great Sea
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2002-12-22
Auspicious
Ritual bathing · Coming-of-age ceremony · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Cutting cloth for garments · Building and repairs · Making beams · Drilling post holes · Installing mortars and millstones · Building embankments · Building a privy · Exterminating termites
Avoid
Moving house · Moving into a new home · Weddings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Digging wells
- Clash
- Snake · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Close
- Lunar mansion
- Girl · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 占房床 外东南
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 癸不词讼理弱敌强 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day) · Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars
wáng rì
Inauspicious stars
yóu huò · xuè zhī · sì qióng · liù shé · fù rì · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Hooked Array | |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · 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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