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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 24 December 2008
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历戊子年十一月廿七
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 甲子 戊戌
Nayin Wood on the Plain
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · qiū yǐn jié
Next solar term · Minor Cold 2009-01-05
Auspicious
Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Breaking ground for a grave
Avoid
Weddings · Building a stove
- Clash
- Dragon · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Open
- Lunar mansion
- Three Stars · auspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 房床栖 房内中
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 戌不吃犬作怪上床
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
shí yáng · shēng qì
Inauspicious stars
wǔ xū · jiǔ kōng · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Praying for children |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Azure Dragon | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Meeting dignitaries |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | White Tiger | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
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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