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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 December 2004
Tuesday · Winter Solstice (Dongzhi)
Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Sculpting and painting deities · Cleansing and exorcism · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Installing doors · Buying property · Digging ponds · Digging wells · Acquiring livestock · Placing the bed · Planting · Building livestock pens · Breaking ground for a grave · Moving a coffin · Erecting a tombstone
Weddings · Opening for business · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Encoffining · Taking up a post · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Travel · Burial
- Clash
- Dragon · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Open
- Lunar mansion
- Encampment · auspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 占门栖 外西南
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 甲不开仓财物耗散 戌不吃犬作怪上床
yuè ēn · sì xiāng · shí yáng · shēng qì
wǔ xū · bā fēng · jiǔ kōng · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Azure Dragon | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Travel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · 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.
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