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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 23 May 2005
Monday
Lunar date
农历乙酉年四月十六
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 辛巳 丁未
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term
Grain Buds
Pentad · kǔ cài xiù
Next solar term · Grain in Ear 2005-06-05
Auspicious
Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Visiting family and friends · Installing machinery · Making nets · Coming-of-age ceremony · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for children · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Setting up the loom
Avoid
Opening for business · Building a stove · Breaking ground · Funeral procession · Burial
- Clash
- Ox · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Full
- Lunar mansion
- Extended Net · auspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 仓库厕 房内东
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丁不剃头头必生疮 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars
shǒu rì · tiān wū · fú dé · yì hòu · Bright Hall
Inauspicious stars
yuè yàn · dì huǒ · jiǔ kōng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · dà shà · bā zhuān · liǎo lì · yīn cuò
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Golden Coffer | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Bright Hall | Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
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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