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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 August 2016
Tuesday
Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Consecrating sacred images · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Haircut · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Draining water · Digging channels · Planting · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
Moving into a new home · Raising the ridge beam · Encoffining · Roofing · Visiting the sick · Building a stove · Installing doors · Burial · Acquiring livestock · Felling trees
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Open
- Lunar mansion
- Encampment · auspicious
- Nine star
- 六白金
- 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
- Folk taboo days
- Monthly taboo day
tiān mǎ · shí yáng · shēng qì · yù yǔ · míng fèi
zāi shà · tiān huǒ · fù rì · 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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