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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 July 2015

Monday

Lunar date
农历乙未年六月初五
乙未 (Yiwei) · Year of the Goat · 癸未 丁酉
Nayin Fire below the Mountain
Solar term
Minor Heat
Pentad · yīng shǐ zhì
Next solar term · Major Heat 2015-07-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Making carts and tools · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Demolition · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Planting · Raising livestock · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Raising the ridge beam · Moving into a new home · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Rooftop · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
仓库门 房内北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

mín rì · tiān wū · fú dé · tiān cāng · xù shì · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · xuè jì · wǔ lí · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59辛丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
03:00–04:59壬寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59癸卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59乙巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59丙午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59戊申White Tiger
17:00–18:59己酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Seeking wealth
21:00–22:59辛亥Black TortoisePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Praying for children

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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