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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 February 2016
Thursday
Lunar date
农历丙申年正月十一
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 庚寅 庚午
Nayin Earth by the Road
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · yú zhì fù bīng
Next solar term · Rain Water 2016-02-19
Auspicious
Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Decorating walls · Buying property
Avoid
Setting up the loom · Visiting the sick · Roofing · Building a stove · Breaking ground
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Horn · auspicious
- Nine star
- 四绿木
- Fetus god
- 占碓磨 外正南
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 庚不经络织机虚张 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars
shí dé · mín rì · sān hé · lín rì · tiān mǎ · shí yīn · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
sǐ qì · dì náng · White Tiger
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Golden Coffer | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building a stove |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
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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