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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 April 2012

Monday

Lunar date
农历壬辰年三月十二
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 癸卯 癸巳
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Spring Equinox
Pentad · shǐ diàn
Next solar term · Pure Brightness 2012-04-04
Auspicious

Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Consecrating sacred images · Placing the bed · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Building and repairs · Laying foundations

Avoid

Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Funeral procession · Taking up a post · Travel · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Thanking the Earth God · Lawsuits

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Rooftop · inauspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
占房床 房内北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars

xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān wū · fú dé · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · tǔ fú · dà shà · wǎng wáng · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子White TigerWeddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly Prison
05:00–06:59乙卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59丙辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59己未Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59辛酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59壬戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59癸亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59甲子Golden Coffer

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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