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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 January 2009
Tuesday
Lunar date
农历戊子年十二月廿五
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 乙丑 乙丑
Nayin Gold in the Sea
Solar term today
Major Cold
Pentad · jī shǐ rǔ
Next solar term · Start of Spring 2009-02-04
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cleansing and exorcism · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Nothing is favourable
- Clash
- Goat · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Establish
- Lunar mansion
- Turtle Beak · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 碓磨厕 外东南
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 乙不栽植千株不长 丑不冠带主不还乡
Auspicious stars
tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · tiān ēn · sì xiāng · shǒu rì · yào ān
Inauspicious stars
yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · wǎng wáng · Vermilion Bird
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | White Tiger | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Black Tortoise | |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Azure Dragon | Travel · Taking up a post · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods |
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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