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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 April 2105

Friday

Lunar date
农历乙丑年三月初三
乙丑 (Yichou) · Year of the Ox · 庚辰 乙卯
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Pure Brightness
Pentad · hóng shǐ jiàn
Next solar term · Grain Rain 2105-04-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Placing the bed · Trading · Signing contracts · Digging ponds · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Weddings · Digging wells · Visiting the sick · Opening for business · Consecrating sacred images · Planting

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
碓磨门 外正东
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 卯不穿井水泉不香
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

guān rì · yào ān · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
01:00–02:59丁丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59己卯Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
11:00–12:59壬午Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59癸未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59甲申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

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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