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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 November 2011

Thursday

Lunar date
农历辛卯年十月廿二
辛卯 (Xinmao) · Year of the Rabbit · 己亥 丙子
Nayin Water in the Ravine
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · dì shǐ dòng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 2011-11-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Demolition · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Haircut · Burial · Repairing tombs · Thanking the Earth God · Taking up a post · Moving house · Ritual bathing · Medical treatment · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Trimming nails · Starting school · Making beams

Avoid

Opening for business

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Legs · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
厨灶碓 外西南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

guān rì · tiān mǎ · jí qī · yào ān · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · chù shuǐ lóng · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Golden CofferTravel · Taking up a post · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59己丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59庚寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
05:00–06:59辛卯Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59壬辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
11:00–12:59甲午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59乙未Hooked Array
15:00–16:59丙申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
19:00–20:59戊戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial
21:00–22:59己亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59庚子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · 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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