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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 December 2009

Sunday

Lunar date
农历己丑年十一月初五
己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 丙子 己亥
Nayin Wood on the Plain
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · lì tǐng chū
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2009-12-22
Auspicious

Travel · Ritual bathing · Haircut · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Burial

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Hairy Head · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
占门床 房内中
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

wáng rì

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · xuè zhī · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

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