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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 January 2004

Saturday · Day of Arafah

Lunar date
农历甲申年正月初十
癸未 (Guiwei) · Year of the Goat · 乙丑 己酉
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
Major Cold
Pentad · shuǐ zé fù jiān
Next solar term · Start of Spring 2004-02-04
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Exterminating termites · Cleansing and exorcism · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Building temples · Moving into a new home · Building and repairs · Burial · Funeral procession · Weddings

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Willow · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
占大门 外东北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

dà shà · fù rì · wǔ lí · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

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

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.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
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Julian calendar
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Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
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Hebrew calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
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Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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