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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 March 2017

Thursday

Lunar date
农历丁酉年二月初五
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 壬寅 戊子
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Rain Water
Pentad · cǎo mù méng dòng
Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 2017-03-05
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Coming-of-age ceremony · Cutting cloth for garments · Weddings · Breaking ground · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Travel · Installing mortars and millstones · Draining water · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading

Avoid

Burial · Raising the ridge beam · Moving into a new home · Building a stove

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Legs · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
房床碓 外正北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · shí yáng · shēng qì · yì hòu · Azure Dragon

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge
03:00–04:59甲寅White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Jade HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59己未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59庚申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59辛酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59癸亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · 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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