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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 May 2018
Sunday · Pentecost · Shavuot
Lunar date
农历戊戌年四月初六
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 丁巳 壬子
Nayin Mulberry Wood
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · wáng guā shēng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 2018-05-21
Auspicious
Ritual bathing · Cleaning the house · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Fasting and Taoist rites · Opening for business · Weddings · Building a stove
- Clash
- Horse · Sha direction south
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Danger
- Lunar mansion
- Emptiness · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 仓库碓 外东北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · tiān mǎ · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
tiān lì · zhì sǐ · sì fèi · wǔ xū · White Tiger
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | White Tiger | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Controller of Fate | |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · 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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