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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 December 2009

Saturday

Lunar date
农历己丑年十月十九
己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 乙亥 甲申
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term
Minor Snow
Pentad · bì sè ér chéng dōng
Next solar term · Major Snow 2009-12-07
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Making nets · Moving a coffin · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Placing the bed · Opening for business · Trading · Shipping goods · Burial · Repairing tombs · Weddings · Building a stove

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Root · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
占门炉 外西北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · jié shà · yuè hài · wǔ lí · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59乙丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59丁卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59戊辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59己巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Closing the roof ridge
11:00–12:59庚午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59癸酉Black TortoiseThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
21:00–22:59乙亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · 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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