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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 May 2015
Sunday
Lunar date
农历乙未年三月廿九
乙未 (Yiwei) · Year of the Goat · 辛巳 癸巳
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · wáng guā shēng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 2015-05-21
Auspicious
Blocking holes against pests · Exterminating termites · Making nets · Hunting · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Weddings · Burial · Moving into a new home · Travel · Breaking ground · Lawsuits
- Clash
- Pig · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Establish
- Lunar mansion
- Room · auspicious
- Nine star
- 六白金
- Fetus god
- 占房床 房内北
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 癸不词讼理弱敌强 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars
wáng rì
Inauspicious stars
yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · chóng rì · Hooked Array
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Prison | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Heavenly Virtue | |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Golden Coffer |
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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