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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 May 2019

Sunday

Lunar date
农历己亥年四月初八
己亥 (Jihai) · Year of the Pig · 己巳 己酉
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · qiū yǐn chū
Next solar term · Grain Buds 2019-05-21
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Praying for children · Installing machinery · Acquiring livestock · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Laying foundations · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Building a stove · Installing doors · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Roofing · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial

Avoid

Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Weddings

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Room · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
占大门 外东北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · mín rì · sān hé · shí yīn · yào ān · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · dì náng · wǔ lí · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
03:00–04:59丙寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59己巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
11:00–12:59庚午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
13:00–14:59辛未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59壬申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59乙亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings

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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