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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 11 May 2104

Sunday

Lunar date
农历甲子年四月十七
甲子 (Jiazi) · Year of the Rat · 己巳 甲戌
Nayin Fire on the Mountain
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · qiū yǐn chū
Next solar term · Grain Buds 2104-05-21
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Sculpting and painting deities · Cutting cloth for garments · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Weddings · Raising the ridge beam · Building and repairs · Demolition · Setting up carpentry trestles · Moving into a new home · Felling trees · Breaking ground · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Drilling post holes

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Star · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
占门栖 外西南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · bù jiàng · yù yǔ · jiě shén · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

xiǎo hào · tiān zéi

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
01:00–02:59乙丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59丙寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59戊辰Azure Dragon
09:00–10:59己巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59辛未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59壬申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59癸酉Heavenly VirtueTravel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings

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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