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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 24 January 2013

Thursday · Mawlid (Prophet's Birthday)

Lunar date
农历壬辰年十二月十三
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 癸丑 庚寅
Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood
Solar term
Major Cold
Pentad · jī shǐ rǔ
Next solar term · Start of Spring 2013-02-04
Auspicious

Ritual bathing · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Laying foundations · Breaking ground · Setting column bases · Draining water · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone · Moving a coffin

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Installing doors · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanking the Earth God

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
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
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · shí dé · xiàng rì · jí qī · bù jiàng · yù yǔ · wǔ hé · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · tiān zéi · wǔ xū

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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