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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 November 2008

Saturday

Lunar date
农历戊子年十月十一
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 癸亥 壬子
Nayin Mulberry Wood
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · shuǐ shǐ bīng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 2008-11-22
Auspicious

Weddings · Making carts and tools · Travel · Visiting family and friends · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Carving · Consecrating sacred images · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Haircut · Roofing · Closing the roof ridge · Laying foundations · Returning home · Installing doors · Demolition · Cleaning the house · Planting · Building livestock pens

Avoid

Opening for business · Betrothal gifts · Building temples · Placing the bed · Digging channels · Burial

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Root · inauspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
仓库碓 外东北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · guān rì · tiān mǎ · jí qī · yào ān · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · sì jì · liù shé · fù rì · White Tiger · suì báo

Hours of the day

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

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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