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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 May 2018
Thursday
Lunar date
农历戊戌年三月十八
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 丙辰 乙未
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Grain Rain
Pentad · dài shèng jiàng yú sāng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 2018-05-05
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Digging wells · Repairing roads
Avoid
Weddings · Burial
- Clash
- Ox · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Balance
- Lunar mansion
- Well · auspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 碓磨厕 房内北
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 乙不栽植千株不长 未不服药毒气入肠
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
Inauspicious stars
tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè shà · yuè xū · Vermilion Bird
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | White Tiger | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Hooked Array | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · 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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