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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 June 2014

Saturday

Lunar date
农历甲午年五月廿四
甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 庚午 癸亥
Nayin Water of the Great Sea
Solar term today
Summer Solstice
Pentad · lù jiǎo jiě
Next solar term · Minor Heat 2014-07-07
Auspicious

Hunting · Catching pests · Making nets · Fishing · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial · Funeral procession

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Girl · inauspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
占房床 外东南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars

wǔ fù · bù jiàng · fú shēng

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · sì fèi · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子White TigerWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59癸丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59乙卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59丙辰Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
09:00–10:59丁巳Hooked Array
11:00–12:59戊午Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59己未Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
17:00–18:59辛酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59癸亥Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59甲子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial

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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