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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 March 2016
Tuesday
Lunar date
农历丙申年正月三十
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 辛卯 己丑
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · táo shǐ huá
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 2016-03-20
Auspicious
Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Demolition · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Thanking the Earth God
Avoid
Hanging bed curtains · Opening for business · Burial · Encoffining
- Clash
- Goat · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Open
- Lunar mansion
- Turtle Beak · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 五黄土
- Fetus god
- 占门厕 外正北
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 丑不冠带主不还乡
Auspicious stars
yuè dé hé · shí yáng · shēng qì · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · jìng ān
Inauspicious stars
wǔ xū · jiǔ kōng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · Hooked Array
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | White Tiger | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Black Tortoise | |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · 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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