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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 July 2026
Thursday
Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Travel · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Planting · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Thanking the Earth God · Burial
Digging wells · Felling trees · Acquiring livestock · Making a coffin in advance
- Clash
- Rooster · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Well · auspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- 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
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day) · Master Yang's taboo day
mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · jìng ān · wǔ hé · bǎo guāng · míng fèi duì
dà shà
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Bright Hall | Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Jade Hall | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · 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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