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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 22 April 2017
Saturday
Lunar date
农历丁酉年三月廿六
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 甲辰 己卯
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Grain Rain
Pentad · píng shǐ shēng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 2017-05-05
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Coming-of-age ceremony · Building a stove · Receiving wealth · Trading
Avoid
Consecrating sacred images · Weddings · Digging wells · Burial · Installing doors · Visiting the sick
- Clash
- Rooster · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Close
- Lunar mansion
- Girl · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 占大门 外正西
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · guān rì · yào ān · wǔ hé
Inauspicious stars
yuè hài · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · Hooked Array
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Bright Hall | Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Jade Hall | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · 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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