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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 March 2022

Sunday

Lunar date
农历壬寅年二月十八
壬寅 (Renyin) · Year of the Tiger · 癸卯 壬申
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term today
Spring Equinox
Pentad · xuán niǎo zhì
Next solar term · Pure Brightness 2022-04-05
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Laying foundations · Moving a coffin · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Ritual bathing · Cleaning the house · Drilling post holes · Felling trees · Moving the altar fire before renovation

Avoid

Placing the bed · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Building a stove

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Emptiness · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
仓库炉 外西南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 申不安床鬼祟入房
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān mǎ · yào ān · jiě shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · wǔ lí · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59癸卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59甲辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59乙巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
11:00–12:59丙午White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59辛亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
23:00–23:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · 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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