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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 1 August 1840
Saturday
Lunar date
农历庚子年七月初四
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 癸未 壬辰
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Major Heat
Pentad · tǔ rùn rù shǔ
Next solar term · Start of Autumn 1840-08-07
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Building a stove · Trading · Receiving wealth · Planting · Making nets · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
Avoid
Digging channels · Building boats · Placing the bed · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Travel · Repairing tombs · Digging wells · Opening for business · Preparing one's own tomb
- Clash
- Dog · Sha direction south
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Root · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 仓库栖 外正北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars
shí dé · tiān mǎ · pǔ hù
Inauspicious stars
tiān gāng · wǔ xū · White Tiger
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | White Tiger | |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
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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