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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 9 July 2009

Thursday

Lunar date
农历己丑年闰五月十七
己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 辛未 乙卯
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Minor Heat
Pentad · wēn fēng zhì
Next solar term · Major Heat 2009-07-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Travel · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Installing machinery · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Building temples · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Thanking the Earth God

Avoid

Weddings · Opening for business · Planting · Making a coffin in advance

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Well · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
碓磨门 外正东
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · jìng ān · wǔ hé · bǎo guāng · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

sì hào · dà shà

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
01:00–02:59丁丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59己卯Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
11:00–12:59壬午Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59癸未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59甲申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

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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