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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 March 2017

Sunday

Lunar date
农历丁酉年二月初八
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 癸卯 辛卯
Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood
Solar term today
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · táo shǐ huá
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 2017-03-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Weddings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Travel · Opening for business · Trading · Visiting family and friends · Training oxen and horses · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Moving a coffin

Avoid

Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Hairy Head · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
厨灶门 外正北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

guān rì · liù yí · fú shēng · wǔ hé · Bright Hall · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yàn duì · zhāo yáo

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59己丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59庚寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59辛卯Bright HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59壬辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children
09:00–10:59癸巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods
11:00–12:59甲午Golden CofferWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
13:00–14:59乙未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59丙申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59戊戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59己亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59庚子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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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