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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 March 2005

Thursday

Lunar date
农历乙酉年二月廿二
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 己卯 甲寅
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Spring Equinox
Pentad · shǐ diàn
Next solar term · Pure Brightness 2005-04-05
Auspicious

Cutting cloth for garments · Setting up the loom · Felling trees · Drilling post holes · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Closing the roof ridge · Making a coffin in advance · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Weddings · Travel · Digging wells

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
占门炉 外东北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · wáng rì · wǔ fù · pǔ hù · wǔ hé · Azure Dragon · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · xuè zhī · guī jì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59丁卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59戊辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59己巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59庚午White TigerWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59癸酉Black TortoiseThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove

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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