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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 April 2020
Sunday
Lunar date
农历庚子年三月十三
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 庚辰 戊寅
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Pure Brightness
Pentad · tóng shǐ huá
Next solar term · Grain Rain 2020-04-19
Auspicious
Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Moving house · Moving into a new home
Avoid
Praying for blessings · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Encoffining
- Clash
- Monkey · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Open
- Lunar mansion
- Star · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 房床炉 外正西
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
tiān shè · yáng dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · liù yí · xù shì · wǔ hé · Controller of Fate
Inauspicious stars
yàn duì · zhāo yáo · xuè jì · fù rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Vermilion Bird | Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Prison | |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Black Tortoise | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Controller of Fate | Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Burial · Closing the roof ridge |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · 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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