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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 October 1856

Friday

Lunar date
农历丙辰年九月十九
丙辰 (Bingchen) · Year of the Dragon · 戊戌 癸酉
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1856-10-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Hanging bed curtains · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Placing the bed · Moving house · Blocking holes against pests · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Moving a coffin · Burial

Avoid

Opening for business · Planting · Buying property · Lawsuits · Installing doors · Digging wells · Consecrating sacred images

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Bond · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
房床门 外西南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

sì xiāng · guān rì · chú shén · bǎo guāng · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59癸丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
03:00–04:59甲寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children
11:00–12:59戊午Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Building and repairs
13:00–14:59己未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59庚申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59癸亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business

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.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
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Julian calendar
5 October 1856 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
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Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4189, month 9, day 19
Hebrew calendar
18 Tishrei 5617 AM
Ethiopian calendar
8 Tikimt 1849 EC
Coptic calendar
8 Paopi 1573 AM
Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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