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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 28 December 2008
Sunday
Lunar date
农历戊子年十二月初二
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 甲子 壬寅
Nayin Gold Leaf
Solar term
Winter Solstice
Pentad · mí jiǎo jiě
Next solar term · Minor Cold 2009-01-05
Auspicious
Opening for business · Signing contracts · Consecrating sacred images · Cleansing and exorcism · Installing machinery · Raising the ridge beam · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial
Avoid
Weddings · Praying for blessings
- Clash
- Monkey · Sha direction north
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Full
- Lunar mansion
- Star · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 四绿木
- Fetus god
- 仓库炉 房内南
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars
yuè dé · shí dé · xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān mǎ · tiān wū · fú dé · bù jiàng · fú shēng · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
wǔ xū · guī jì · White Tiger
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Heavenly Prison | |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
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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