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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 May 2008
Saturday
Lunar date
农历戊子年四月十三
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 丁巳 丁巳
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · wáng guā shēng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 2008-05-21
Auspicious
Blocking holes against pests · Exterminating termites · Making nets · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Breaking ground for a grave · Burial
- Clash
- Pig · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Establish
- Lunar mansion
- Willow · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- 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
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
wáng rì
Inauspicious stars
yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · chóng rì · Hooked Array · yáng cuò
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Controller of Fate | Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · 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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