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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 May 2009
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历己丑年四月廿六
己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 己巳 乙丑
Nayin Gold in the Sea
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · wáng guā shēng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 2009-05-21
Auspicious
Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Opening for business · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Breaking ground · Acquiring livestock
Avoid
Weddings · Burial
- Clash
- Goat · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Chariot · auspicious
- Nine star
- 五黄土
- 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
yuè dé hé · tiān ēn · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · liù yí · Jade Hall
Inauspicious stars
yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sì jī · guī jì
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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