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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 May 2005

Thursday

Lunar date
农历乙酉年四月初五
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 辛巳 丙申
Nayin Fire below the Mountain
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · qiū yǐn chū
Next solar term · Grain Buds 2005-05-21
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Cutting cloth for garments · Haircut · Travel · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Moving house · Raising the ridge beam · Planting · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Felling trees · Burial · Placing the bed · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Legs · inauspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
厨灶炉 房内北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 申不安床鬼祟入房
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · tiān yuàn · xiàng rì · liù hé · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · xù shì · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · sǐ shén · yuè xíng · yóu huò · wǔ xū · xuè jì · fù rì · wǔ lí · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59己丑Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59庚寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59辛卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
07:00–08:59壬辰Golden CofferWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
11:00–12:59甲午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59丙申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
17:00–18:59丁酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
19:00–20:59戊戌Controller of FateSacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59己亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
23:00–23:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods

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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