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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 23 April 2013

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历癸巳年三月十四
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 丙辰 己未
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
Grain Rain
Pentad · píng shǐ shēng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 2013-05-05
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Hunting · Making nets · Decorating walls · Repairing roads · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Weddings · Placing the bed · Medical treatment

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Tail · auspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
占门厕 外正东
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 未不服药毒气入肠
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè shà · yuè xū · bā zhuān · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59丙寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59戊辰White TigerWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
09:00–10:59己巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children
13:00–14:59辛未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59壬申Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59甲戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59乙亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
23:00–23:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · 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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