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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 January 2008

Saturday · Ashura

Lunar date
农历丁亥年十二月十二
丁亥 (Dinghai) · Year of the Pig · 癸丑 戊午
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · zhì shǐ gòu
Next solar term · Major Cold 2008-01-21
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Cutting cloth for garments · Travel · Haircut · Moving house · Catching pests · Hunting · Draining water · Moving into a new home · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Moving a coffin · Encoffining

Avoid

Roofing · Opening for business · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Stomach · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
房床碓 外正东
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

jìng ān · jiě shén

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · wǔ xū · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59癸丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
03:00–04:59甲寅White TigerWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
05:00–06:59乙卯Jade HallTravel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59丁巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59戊午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59己未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59庚申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
21:00–22:59癸亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59甲子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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Ethiopian calendar
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Roman calendar
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