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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 April 2007

Friday

Lunar date
农历丁亥年三月初四
丁亥 (Dinghai) · Year of the Pig · 甲辰 甲申
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term today
Grain Rain
Pentad · píng shǐ shēng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 2007-05-06
Auspicious

Making carts and tools · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Opening for business · Trading · Installing machinery · Carving · Consecrating sacred images · Roofing · Closing the roof ridge · Laying foundations · Setting column bases · Installing doors · Acquiring livestock · Burial · Preparing one's own tomb · Erecting a tombstone · Thanking the Earth God

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Breaking ground · Opening granaries · Shipping goods

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
占门炉 外西北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · jìng ān · chú shén · Golden Coffer · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sǐ qì · wǎng wáng · wǔ lí · xíng hěn

Hours of the day

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