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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 February 2020

Thursday

Lunar date
农历庚子年正月廿七
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 戊寅 癸巳
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Rain Water
Pentad · tǎ jì yú
Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 2020-03-05
Auspicious

Building a stove · Repairing roads

Avoid

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Installing doors · Avoid everything else

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Dipper · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
占房床 房内北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 巳不远行财物伏藏
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

xiàng rì · bǎo guāng

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè xíng · yuè hài · yóu huò · wǔ xū · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子White TigerWeddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly Prison
05:00–06:59乙卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59丙辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59己未Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59辛酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59壬戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59癸亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59甲子Golden Coffer

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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