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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 June 2018

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历戊戌年五月初七
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 戊午 癸未
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Grain in Ear
Pentad · fǎn shé wú shēng
Next solar term · Summer Solstice 2018-06-21
Auspicious

Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Coming-of-age ceremony · Visiting family and friends · Installing machinery · Making carts and tools · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Receiving wealth · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Starting school · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Demolition · Laying foundations · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising livestock · Planting · Installing doors · Building a privy

Avoid

Funeral procession · Felling trees · Making beams · Building a stove

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Wall · 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
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day) · Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · shǒu rì · jí qī · liù hé · bù jiàng

Inauspicious stars

chù shuǐ lóng · Hooked Array

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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