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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 29 March 2012

Thursday

Lunar date
农历壬辰年三月初八
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 癸卯 己丑
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Spring Equinox
Pentad · léi nǎi fā shēng
Next solar term · Pure Brightness 2012-04-04
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Demolition · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Thanking the Earth God

Avoid

Hanging bed curtains · Opening for business · Burial · Encoffining

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Dipper · auspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
占门厕 外正北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 丑不冠带主不还乡
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · shí yáng · shēng qì · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · jìng ān

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · jiǔ kōng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
03:00–04:59丙寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59戊辰White Tiger
09:00–10:59己巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59壬申Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59甲戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59乙亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home

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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