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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 July 2012

Thursday

Lunar date
农历壬辰年五月十七
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 丙午 丁卯
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term
Summer Solstice
Pentad · bàn xià shēng
Next solar term · Minor Heat 2012-07-07
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Making nets · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Travel · Digging wells · Burial

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Well · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
仓库门 外正南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · xù shì · wǔ hé · Jade Hall · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · xuè jì · wǎng wáng · fù rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59辛丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59壬寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59癸卯Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59乙巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59丙午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59戊申White TigerMoving into a new home · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59己酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59辛亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

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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