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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 9 March 2013

Saturday

Lunar date
农历癸巳年正月廿八
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 乙卯 甲戌
Nayin Fire on the Mountain
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · táo shǐ huá
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 2013-03-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Installing machinery · Demolition · Placing the bed · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Erecting a tombstone · Thanking the Earth God · Taking up a post · Travel · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Cleansing and exorcism · Building a granary · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Consecrating sacred images · Shipping goods

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Stomach · auspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
占门栖 外西南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · tiān yuàn · liù hé · jīn táng

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · sì jī · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
01:00–02:59乙丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59丙寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59戊辰Azure Dragon
09:00–10:59己巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59辛未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59壬申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59癸酉Heavenly VirtueTravel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子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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Indian national calendar (Saka)
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Japanese era calendar
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Aztec calendars
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Roman calendar
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