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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 March 2008

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历戊子年二月十一
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 乙卯 丁巳
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 2008-03-20
Auspicious

Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Visiting family and friends · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Placing the bed · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Making nets · Planting · Cleansing and exorcism · Setting up the loom

Avoid

Building a stove · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
仓库床 外正东
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 巳不远行财物伏藏
Folk taboo days
Master Yang's taboo day
Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · sì xiāng · xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān wū · fú dé · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · bā fēng · tǔ fú · dà shà · wǎng wáng · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59辛丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
05:00–06:59癸卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove
09:00–10:59乙巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59丙午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
21:00–22:59辛亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59壬子Golden Coffer

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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