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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 November 2008

Thursday

Lunar date
农历戊子年十月廿三
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 癸亥 甲子
Nayin Gold in the Sea
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · zhì rù dà shuǐ wèi shèn
Next solar term · Minor Snow 2008-11-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Visiting family and friends · Weddings · Ritual bathing · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Travel · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial · Taking up a post · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Receiving wealth · Cleaning the house · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Felling trees

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Building a stove · Placing the bed · Opening granaries

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Legs · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
占门碓 外东南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Folk taboo days
Master Yang's taboo day · Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · tiān ēn · tiān shè · sì xiāng · guān rì · tiān mǎ · jí qī · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59丙寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59丁卯Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59己巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59庚午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59辛未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59壬申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59癸酉Bright HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial
21:00–22:59乙亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · 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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