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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 August 2004
Friday
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Making beams · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Moving a coffin · Building livestock pens
Weddings · Moving into a new home · Fasting and Taoist rites · Consecrating sacred images · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Digging wells
- Clash
- Ox · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Close
- Lunar mansion
- Neck · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 五黄土
- Fetus god
- 厨灶厕 外西南
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 辛不合酱主人不尝 未不服药毒气入肠
- Folk taboo days
- Monthly taboo day
mǔ cāng · jīn táng · Jade Hall
yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · tiān zéi · wǔ xū
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · 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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