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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 May 2015
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历乙未年三月十八
乙未 (Yiwei) · Year of the Goat · 辛巳 壬午
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term today
Start of Summer
Pentad · lóu guō míng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 2015-05-21
Auspicious
Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Demolition · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground · Installing doors · Raising the ridge beam · Planting · Breaking ground for a grave · Repairing tombs · Burial
Avoid
Weddings · Placing the bed · Visiting the sick · Building a stove
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Remove
- Lunar mansion
- Three Stars · auspicious
- Nine star
- 四绿木
- Fetus god
- 仓库碓 外西北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 午不苫盖屋主更张
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · guān rì · jí qī · shèng xīn · Azure Dragon · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
dà shí · dà bài · xián chí
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Golden Coffer | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Black Tortoise | Seeking wealth |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
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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