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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 24 January 2018

Wednesday · Laba Festival

Lunar date
农历丁酉年十二月初八
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 癸丑 丙辰
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
Major Cold
Pentad · jī shǐ rǔ
Next solar term · Start of Spring 2018-02-04
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Visiting family and friends · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Cutting cloth for garments · Making nets · Repairing roads

Avoid

Moving house · Moving into a new home · Building temples · Building a stove · Medical treatment · Burial

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
厨灶栖 外正东
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

tiān mǎ · bù jiàng

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · sǐ shén · yuè shà · yuè xū · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59己丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
03:00–04:59庚寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
05:00–06:59辛卯Hooked Array
07:00–08:59壬辰Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
13:00–14:59乙未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59丙申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59戊戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59己亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · 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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