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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 13 December 2008

Saturday

Lunar date
农历戊子年十一月十六
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 甲子 丁亥
Nayin Earth on the Roof
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · hǔ shǐ jiāo
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2008-12-21
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Coming-of-age ceremony · Hanging bed curtains · Cutting cloth for garments · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Demolition · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing doors · Opening granaries · Building embankments · Building a privy · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests

Avoid

Weddings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Digging wells · Burial · Funeral procession

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Girl · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
仓库床 外西北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · wáng rì

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · xuè zhī · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge
05:00–06:59癸卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59甲辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59乙巳Hooked Array
11:00–12:59丙午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59丁未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PunishmentMoving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59己酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59庚戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59辛亥Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59壬子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth

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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