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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 February 2020
Sunday
Lunar date
农历庚子年正月廿三
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 戊寅 己丑
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · yú zhì fù bīng
Next solar term · Rain Water 2020-02-19
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Thanksgiving to the gods · Cutting cloth for garments · Placing the bed · Signing contracts · Trading · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Thanking the Earth God · Opening a grave for reburial
Avoid
Travel · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground
- Clash
- Goat · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Close
- Lunar mansion
- Room · auspicious
- Nine star
- 五黄土
- Fetus god
- 占门厕 外正北
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 丑不冠带主不还乡
- Folk taboo days
- Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars
bù jiàng · xù shì · Bright Hall
Inauspicious stars
yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · tǔ fú · guī jì · xuè jì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | White Tiger | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Black Tortoise | |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
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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