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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 April 2012
Tuesday
Lunar date
农历壬辰年三月廿七
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 甲辰 戊申
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
Pure Brightness
Pentad · hóng shǐ jiàn
Next solar term · Grain Rain 2012-04-20
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Cleansing and exorcism · Breaking ground · Receiving wealth · Trading · Acquiring livestock · Cleaning the house
Avoid
Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Travel · Weddings · Buying property · Placing the bed · Taking up a post · Burial · Building a stove
- Clash
- Tiger · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Wings · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 六白金
- Fetus god
- 房床炉 房内中
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 申不安床鬼祟入房
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · jìng ān · chú shén · Golden Coffer
Inauspicious stars
yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sǐ qì · wǎng wáng · fù rì · wǔ lí · gū chén
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Black Tortoise | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Controller of Fate | Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
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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