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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 22 March 2013

Friday

Lunar date
农历癸巳年二月十一
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 乙卯 丁亥
Nayin Earth on the Roof
Solar term
Spring Equinox
Pentad · xuán niǎo zhì
Next solar term · Pure Brightness 2013-04-04
Auspicious

Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Hanging a signboard · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Demolition · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Weddings · Funeral procession · Setting up carpentry trestles · Making beams · Haircut · Raising livestock · Burial · Acquiring livestock · Felling trees

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
仓库床 外西北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Folk taboo days
Master Yang's taboo day
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · bù jiàng

Inauspicious stars

chóng rì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge
05:00–06:59癸卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59甲辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59乙巳Hooked Array
11:00–12:59丙午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59丁未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PunishmentMoving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59己酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59庚戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59辛亥Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59壬子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth

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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Roman calendar
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