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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 January 2008
Saturday
Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Visiting family and friends · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Ritual bathing · Sculpting and painting deities · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Consecrating sacred images · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Making beams · Drilling post holes · Felling trees · Setting up carpentry trestles · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Demolition · Raising livestock · Building livestock pens · Digging wells
Building temples · Weddings · Travel · Breaking ground · Burial · Funeral procession
- Clash
- Snake · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Open
- Lunar mansion
- Girl · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- Fetus god
- 厨灶床 外东北
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 辛不合酱主人不尝 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
- Folk taboo days
- Monthly taboo day
tiān ēn · yuè ēn · yīn dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · yì hòu · Bright Hall
yuè yàn · dì huǒ · chóng rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Hooked Array | |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Azure Dragon | Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
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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