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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 July 2016
Wednesday
Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Consecrating sacred images · Visiting family and friends · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Roofing · Laying foundations · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Installing doors · Installing mortars and millstones · Building embankments · Digging ponds · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes
Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Digging wells · Lawsuits · Making a coffin in advance
- Clash
- Rooster · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Wall · auspicious
- Nine star
- 六白金
- Fetus god
- 房床门 房内西
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 癸不词讼理弱敌强 卯不穿井水泉不香
mǔ cāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · jìng ān · wǔ hé · bǎo guāng · míng fèi duì
dà shà
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 · Burial · Praying for children |
| 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 | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 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 · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Jade Hall | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
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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