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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 29 May 2012

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历壬辰年闰四月初九
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 乙巳 庚寅
Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood
Solar term
Grain Buds
Pentad · mí cǎo sǐ
Next solar term · Grain in Ear 2012-06-05
Auspicious

Cleansing and exorcism · Travel · Betrothal gifts · Coming-of-age ceremony · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Building a stove · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock

Avoid

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Felling trees · Setting up carpentry trestles · Placing the bed · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Burial · Repairing tombs · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Encampment · auspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
碓磨炉 外正北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · mǔ cāng · jìng ān · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · jié shà · yuè hài · tǔ fú · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59丁丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
03:00–04:59戊寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59己卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59庚辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
09:00–10:59辛巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午White TigerWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59癸未Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59甲申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59乙酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59丙戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59丁亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59戊子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · 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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