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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 July 2013

Friday

Lunar date
农历癸巳年六月初五
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 己未 己卯
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Minor Heat
Pentad · xī shuài jū bì
Next solar term · Major Heat 2013-07-22
Auspicious

Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Cleansing and exorcism · Demolition · Breaking ground · Building and repairs · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial

Avoid

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Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
占大门 外正西
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 卯不穿井水泉不香
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · jìng ān · wǔ hé · bǎo guāng

Inauspicious stars

dà shà · fù rì

Hours of the day

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