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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 December 2012
Sunday
Lunar date
农历壬辰年十一月初四
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 壬子 辛亥
Nayin Hairpin Gold
Solar term
Major Snow
Pentad · hǔ shǐ jiāo
Next solar term · Winter Solstice 2012-12-21
Auspicious
Making beams · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Installing doors · Building a stove · Blocking holes against pests · Digging ponds · Building a privy · Building embankments · Repairing walls · Planting
Avoid
Weddings · Praying for blessings · Digging wells · Funeral procession · Burial · Placing the bed
- Clash
- Snake · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Close
- Lunar mansion
- Hairy Head · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 四绿木
- Fetus god
- 厨灶床 外东北
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 辛不合酱主人不尝 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · wáng rì
Inauspicious stars
yóu huò · xuè zhī · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Hooked Array | |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Azure Dragon | Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · 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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