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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 November 2014

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历甲午年闰九月十二
甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 甲戌 己卯
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Frost's Descent
Pentad · zhé chóng xián fǔ
Next solar term · Start of Winter 2014-11-07
Auspicious

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Consecrating sacred images · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Building temples · Moving house · Travel · Moving into a new home · Laying foundations · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Acquiring livestock · Catching pests · Taking in a son-in-law · Burial

Avoid

Opening for business · Breaking ground for a grave · Digging wells · Making a coffin in advance

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Tail · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
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
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · liù hé · shèng xīn · wǔ hé

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · wǔ xū · Hooked Array

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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