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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 February 2018

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历戊戌年正月初五
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 甲寅 癸未
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Rain Water
Pentad · tǎ jì yú
Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 2018-03-05
Auspicious

Starting school · Learning a craft · Travel · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Visiting family and friends · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Raising livestock · Catching pests · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Consecrating sacred images · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground · Roofing

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Tail · auspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
房床厕 外西北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 未不服药毒气入肠
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · jìng ān · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

xiǎo hào · chù shuǐ lóng

Hours of the day

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