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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 November 2005

Sunday

Lunar date
农历乙酉年十月初五
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 丙戌 甲午
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Frost's Descent
Pentad · zhé chóng xián fǔ
Next solar term · Start of Winter 2005-11-07
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Travel · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Weddings · Demolition · Building and repairs · Placing the bed · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Encoffining · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Taking up a post · Visiting family and friends · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving house · Raising the ridge beam · Setting up the loom · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth

Avoid

Opening granaries · Coming-of-age ceremony · Felling trees · Making beams

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Star · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
占门碓 房内北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 午不苫盖屋主更张
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day · Four Endings (eve of a season's start)
Auspicious stars

sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · tiān cāng · yào ān · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59乙丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
03:00–04:59丙寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites
09:00–10:59己巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
11:00–12:59庚午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59辛未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59壬申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59癸酉Bright HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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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