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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 24 February 2016
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历丙申年正月十七
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 庚寅 丙子
Nayin Water in the Ravine
Solar term
Rain Water
Pentad · hòu yàn běi
Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 2016-03-05
Auspicious
Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Travel · Opening for business · Visiting family and friends · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial
Avoid
Moving house · Moving into a new home · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Installing doors · Burial
- Clash
- Horse · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Open
- Lunar mansion
- Winnowing Basket · auspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 厨灶碓 外西南
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丙不修灶必见灾殃 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars
yuè dé · mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · shí yáng · shēng qì · bù jiàng · yì hòu · Azure Dragon · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
zāi shà · tiān huǒ · chù shuǐ lóng
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Golden Coffer | Travel · Taking up a post · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Controller of Fate | |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Hooked Array | |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · 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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