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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 April 2004

Sunday

Lunar date
农历甲申年闰二月廿九
甲申 (Jiashen) · Year of the Monkey · 戊辰 丁卯
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term
Pure Brightness
Pentad · hóng shǐ jiàn
Next solar term · Grain Rain 2004-04-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Hanging bed curtains · Building livestock pens · Placing the bed · Moving house · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Preparing one's own tomb · Making a coffin in advance · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Building a stove · Haircut · Consecrating sacred images · Installing doors

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Hairy Head · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
仓库门 外正南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · tiān ēn · sì xiāng · guān rì · yào ān · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59辛丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59壬寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59癸卯Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59乙巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59丙午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59戊申White TigerMoving into a new home · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59己酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59辛亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

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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