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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 May 2012
Tuesday
Lunar date
农历壬辰年四月十八
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 乙巳 己巳
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · lóu guō míng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 2012-05-20
Auspicious
Blocking holes against pests · Making nets · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Nothing is favourable
- Clash
- Pig · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Establish
- Lunar mansion
- Turtle Beak · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 占门床 外正南
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 巳不远行财物伏藏
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
yuè ēn · sì xiāng · wáng rì
Inauspicious stars
yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · chóng rì · Hooked Array · xiǎo huì · chún yáng · yáng cuò
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Heavenly Prison | Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Heavenly Virtue | |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | 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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