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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 February 2008
Friday
Lunar date
农历戊子年正月初二
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 甲寅 戊寅
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · dōng fēng jiě dòng
Next solar term · Rain Water 2008-02-19
Auspicious
Betrothal gifts · Visiting family and friends · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Signing contracts · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial
Avoid
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave
- Clash
- Monkey · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Establish
- Lunar mansion
- Ox · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- Fetus god
- 房床炉 外正西
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars
tiān shè · wáng rì · tiān cāng · yào ān · wǔ hé
Inauspicious stars
yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Vermilion Bird | Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Prison | |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Black Tortoise | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Controller of Fate | Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Burial · Closing the roof ridge |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · 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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