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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 May 2014
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历甲午年四月廿三
甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 己巳 壬辰
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term today
Grain Buds
Pentad · kǔ cài xiù
Next solar term · Grain in Ear 2014-06-06
Auspicious
Weddings · Trading · Signing contracts · Building a privy · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Hunting · Fishing · Preparing one's own tomb
Avoid
Placing the bed · Digging channels · Raising the ridge beam · Building and repairs · Opening for business · Consecrating sacred images · Moving into a new home · Moving house
- Clash
- Dog · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Close
- Lunar mansion
- Winnowing Basket · auspicious
- Nine star
- 五黄土
- Fetus god
- 仓库栖 外正北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 辰不哭泣必主重丧
- Folk taboo days
- Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars
shí dé · yáng dé · fú shēng · Controller of Fate
Inauspicious stars
yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · wǔ xū
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | White Tiger | |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · 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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