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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 December 2003

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历癸未年十一月廿四
癸未 (Guiwei) · Year of the Goat · 甲子 甲子
Nayin Gold in the Sea
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2003-12-22
Auspicious

Trading · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Catching pests · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Opening a grave for reburial · Repairing tombs

Avoid

Fasting and Taoist rites · Moving into a new home · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
占门碓 外东南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · tiān shè · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · guān rì · jìng ān · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yuè yàn · dì huǒ

Hours of the day

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

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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