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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 March 2008
Thursday · Mawlid (Prophet's Birthday) · Nowruz
Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Fasting and Taoist rites · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Demolition · Placing the bed · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Moving a coffin · Repairing tombs · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Planting · Cleansing and exorcism · Coming-of-age ceremony · Cutting cloth for garments · Moving house · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Draining water · Opening a grave for reburial · Erecting a tombstone
Taking up a post
- Clash
- Ox · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Well · auspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 占门厕 外正东
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 未不服药毒气入肠
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
yuè dé hé · yīn dé · sān hé · shí yīn · xù shì · bǎo guāng
sǐ qì · xuè jì · bā zhuān
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
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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