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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 August 1866

Sunday

Lunar date
农历丙寅年七月初三
丙寅 (Bingyin) · Year of the Tiger · 丙申 己未
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · liáng fēng zhì
Next solar term · End of Heat 1866-08-23
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
Hairy Head · 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
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
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 PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59丙寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59戊辰White TigerWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
09:00–10:59己巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children
13:00–14:59辛未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59壬申Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59甲戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59乙亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
23:00–23:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · 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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