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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 26 October 1840
Monday
Lunar date
农历庚子年十月初二
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 丙戌 戊午
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
Frost's Descent
Pentad · chái nǎi jì shòu
Next solar term · Start of Winter 1840-11-07
Auspicious
Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Opening for business · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Placing the bed
Avoid
Acquiring livestock · Felling trees · Buying property · Making beams · Funeral procession · Burial · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Heart · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- Fetus god
- 房床碓 外正东
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars
sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · yào ān
Inauspicious stars
sì hào · fù rì · Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Golden Coffer | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Jade Hall | Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
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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