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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 February 2020

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历庚子年正月廿五
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 戊寅 辛卯
Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · yú zhì fù bīng
Next solar term · Rain Water 2020-02-19
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Thanking the Earth God · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Erecting a tombstone · Visiting family and friends · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Raising the ridge beam · Draining water

Avoid

Digging wells

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Tail · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
厨灶门 外正北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · guān rì · jí qī · bù jiàng · yù yǔ · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59己丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59庚寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59辛卯Bright HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59壬辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children
09:00–10:59癸巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods
11:00–12:59甲午Golden CofferWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
13:00–14:59乙未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59丙申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59戊戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59己亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59庚子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · 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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