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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 January 2014
Saturday
Lunar date
农历癸巳年十二月十八
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 乙丑 己丑
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Minor Cold
Pentad · zhì shǐ gòu
Next solar term · Major Cold 2014-01-20
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cleansing and exorcism · Building livestock pens · Training oxen and horses · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Weddings · Breaking ground · Digging ponds · Burial
- Clash
- Goat · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Establish
- Lunar mansion
- Willow · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 占门厕 外正北
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 丑不冠带主不还乡
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
shǒu rì · bù jiàng · yào ān
Inauspicious stars
yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · wǎng wáng · fù rì · Vermilion Bird
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | White Tiger | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Black Tortoise | |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
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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