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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 July 2012

Friday

Lunar date
农历壬辰年五月十八
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 丙午 戊辰
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
Summer Solstice
Pentad · bàn xià shēng
Next solar term · Minor Heat 2012-07-07
Auspicious

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Coming-of-age ceremony · Making carts and tools · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Felling trees · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Moving into a new home · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Planting · Breaking ground for a grave

Avoid

Funeral procession · Buying property · Burial

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
房床栖 外正南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · shí dé · shí yáng · shēng qì · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · jiǔ kōng · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

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