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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 14 October 1857

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历丁巳年八月廿七
丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 庚戌 乙亥
Nayin Fire on the Mountain
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1857-10-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Felling trees · Making beams · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Building and repairs · Building livestock pens · Cleaning the house

Avoid

Building temples · Weddings · Digging wells · Planting · Building bridges · Building a stove · Breaking ground

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
碓磨床 外西南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day) · Master Yang's taboo day
Auspicious stars

xiàng rì · jí qī · wǔ fù · jìng ān · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · wǔ xū · tǔ fú · chóng rì

Hours of the day

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

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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