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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 March 2020

Friday · Nowruz

Lunar date
农历庚子年二月廿七
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 己卯 壬戌
Nayin Water of the Great Sea
Solar term today
Spring Equinox
Pentad · xuán niǎo zhì
Next solar term · Pure Brightness 2020-04-04
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Building a stove · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Making nets · Fishing · Hunting

Avoid

Making beams · Building temples

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Ox · inauspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
仓库栖 外东南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

liù hé · jīn táng

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · sì jī · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59辛丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59壬寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59癸卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59甲辰Azure Dragon
09:00–10:59乙巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
11:00–12:59丙午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59戊申Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59己酉Heavenly VirtueBuilding and repairs · Building a stove
19:00–20:59庚戌White TigerWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
21:00–22:59辛亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59壬子White TigerWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial

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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