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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 June 2008

Thursday

Lunar date
农历戊子年五月十六
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 戊午 庚寅
Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood
Solar term
Grain in Ear
Pentad · fǎn shé wú shēng
Next solar term · Summer Solstice 2008-06-21
Auspicious

Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Visiting family and friends · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Carving · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Opening for business · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Avoid

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Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
碓磨炉 外正北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · sān hé · tiān mǎ · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · yì hòu · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

dà shà · guī jì · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59丁丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
03:00–04:59戊寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59己卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59庚辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
09:00–10:59辛巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午White TigerWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59癸未Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59甲申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59乙酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59丙戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59丁亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59戊子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home

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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