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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 December 2009
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历己丑年十一月初一
己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 丙子 乙未
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · hǔ shǐ jiāo
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2009-12-22
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Travel · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Placing the bed · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial
Avoid
Consecrating sacred images · Planting · Medical treatment · Installing doors · Building a stove
- Clash
- Ox · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Danger
- Lunar mansion
- Wall · auspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 碓磨厕 房内北
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 乙不栽植千株不长 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars
sì xiāng · yào ān
Inauspicious stars
yuè shà · yuè xū · yuè hài · sì jī · Hooked Array
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | White Tiger | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Hooked Array | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · 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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