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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 May 2018
Friday
Lunar date
农历戊戌年三月十九
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 丙辰 丙申
Nayin Fire below the Mountain
Solar term
Grain Rain
Pentad · dài shèng jiàng yú sāng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 2018-05-05
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Opening for business · Breaking ground · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial
Avoid
Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home
- Clash
- Tiger · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Ghost · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 厨灶炉 房内北
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丙不修灶必见灾殃 申不安床鬼祟入房
- Folk taboo days
- Four Endings (eve of a season's start)
Auspicious stars
yuè kōng · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · jìng ān · chú shén · Golden Coffer · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sǐ qì · wǎng wáng · wǔ lí · liǎo lì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Controller of Fate | Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
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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