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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 January 2013
Thursday
Lunar date
农历壬辰年十二月二十
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 癸丑 丁酉
Nayin Fire below the Mountain
Solar term
Major Cold
Pentad · shuǐ zé fù jiān
Next solar term · Start of Spring 2013-02-04
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes
Avoid
Weddings · Moving into a new home · Building a stove · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements
- Clash
- Rabbit · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Dipper · auspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 仓库门 房内北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丁不剃头头必生疮 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars
mǔ cāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · chú shén · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
dà shà · wǔ lí · Hooked Array
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Bright Hall | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | White Tiger | |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Seeking wealth |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Black Tortoise | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Praying for children |
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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