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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 June 2016
Monday
Lunar date
农历丙申年五月十六
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 甲午 癸酉
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
Grain in Ear
Pentad · fǎn shé wú shēng
Next solar term · Summer Solstice 2016-06-21
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Haircut · Trimming nails · Decorating walls · Repairing roads · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Travel · Building and repairs · Lawsuits
- Clash
- Rabbit · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Balance
- Lunar mansion
- Rooftop · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 房床门 外西南
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 癸不词讼理弱敌强 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
- Folk taboo days
- Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars
mín rì · bù jiàng · jìng ān · chú shén · Bright Hall · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
tiān gāng · sǐ shén · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · tiān zéi · wǔ lí
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Bright Hall | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · 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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