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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 January 2017
Saturday
Lunar date
农历丙申年十二月廿四
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 辛丑 戊申
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
Major Cold
Pentad · jī shǐ rǔ
Next solar term · Start of Spring 2017-02-03
Auspicious
Ritual bathing · Opening granaries · Shipping goods · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Hunting · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial
Avoid
Praying for blessings · Weddings · Placing the bed · Moving into a new home · Building boats
- Clash
- Tiger · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Danger
- Lunar mansion
- Root · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 房床炉 房内中
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars
mǔ cāng · yáng dé · wǔ fù · fú shēng · chú shén · Controller of Fate
Inauspicious stars
yóu huò · wǔ lí
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Black Tortoise | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Controller of Fate | Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · 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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