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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 28 December 2016
Wednesday
Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Travel · Installing machinery · Visiting family and friends · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Consecrating sacred images · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Cleansing and exorcism · Seeking a doctor · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Medical treatment · Roofing · Laying foundations · Building and repairs · Installing doors · Building boats · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Moving a coffin · Encoffining · Opening a grave for reburial · Thanking the Earth God · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone
Weddings · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Building bridges · Digging wells
- Clash
- Tiger · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Winnowing Basket · auspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- Fetus god
- 占门炉 外西北
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 甲不开仓财物耗散 申不安床鬼祟入房
mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · yù yǔ · chú shén · Azure Dragon · míng fèi
jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · tǔ fú · dà shà · wǔ lí
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Closing the roof ridge |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Black Tortoise | Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
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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