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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 January 2009

Monday · Timkat (Epiphany)

Lunar date
农历戊子年十二月廿四
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 乙丑 甲子
Nayin Gold in the Sea
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · zhì shǐ gòu
Next solar term · Major Cold 2009-01-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Demolition · Laying foundations · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial · Hanging a signboard · Praying for children · Travel · Hanging bed curtains · Building livestock pens

Avoid

Opening granaries · Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Net · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
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
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · tiān ēn · tiān shè · tiān yuàn · sì xiāng · guān rì · liù hé · xù shì

Inauspicious stars

tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · tǔ fú · guī jì · xuè jì · Heavenly Punishment

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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Hebrew calendar
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
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Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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