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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 November 2008
Sunday
Lunar date
农历戊子年十月十九
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 癸亥 庚申
Nayin Pomegranate Wood
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · dì shǐ dòng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 2008-11-22
Auspicious
Catching pests · Hunting · Visiting family and friends · Cleansing and exorcism · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Placing the bed · Installing doors · Breaking ground for a grave · Repairing tombs · Burial
- Clash
- Tiger · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Emptiness · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 碓磨炉 外东南
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 庚不经络织机虚张 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars
tiān dé hé · yuè kōng · mǔ cāng · yīn shén · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
tiān gāng · jié shà · yuè hài · wǔ lí · bā zhuān · Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | White Tiger | Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Hooked Array | Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · 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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