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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 28 August 1840
Friday
Lunar date
农历庚子年八月初二
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 甲申 己未
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
End of Heat
Pentad · tiān dì shǐ sù
Next solar term · White Dew 1840-09-07
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Breaking ground · Building embankments · Digging ponds · Visiting family and friends · Blocking holes against pests · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial
Avoid
Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Building and repairs · Raising the ridge beam · Moving into a new home · Installing doors · Building a stove · Cutting cloth for garments
- Clash
- Ox · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Close
- Lunar mansion
- Neck · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 占门厕 外正东
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars
mǔ cāng · jīn táng · Jade Hall
Inauspicious stars
yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · bā zhuān
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · 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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