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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 August 2004
Wednesday
Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Setting up the loom · Building and repairs · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Placing the bed · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Trading · Signing contracts · Planting · Visiting family and friends
Funeral procession · Burial · Travel · Making beams · Acquiring livestock · Felling trees · Building bridges
- Clash
- Pig · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Chariot · auspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 占门床 外正南
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 巳不远行财物伏藏
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
tiān yuàn · liù hé · wǔ fù · yào ān · bǎo guāng
hé kuí · jié shà · chóng rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Heavenly Prison | Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Heavenly Virtue | |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Golden Coffer |
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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