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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 June 2008
Sunday · Dragon Boat Festival · Dano
Lunar date
农历戊子年五月初五
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 戊午 己卯
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Grain in Ear
Pentad · táng láng shēng
Next solar term · Summer Solstice 2008-06-21
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Opening for business · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Repairing tombs · Digging wells
- Clash
- Rooster · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Hairy Head · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 占大门 外正西
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 卯不穿井水泉不香
- Folk taboo days
- Master Yang's taboo day · Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · xù shì · wǔ hé · Jade Hall
Inauspicious stars
hé kuí · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · xuè jì · wǎng wáng
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Bright Hall | Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Jade Hall | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Prison | 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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