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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 October 1868

Monday

Lunar date
农历戊辰年八月廿七
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 壬戌 辛未
Nayin Earth by the Road
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · hóng yàn lái bīn
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1868-10-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Moving house · Visiting family and friends · Receiving wealth · Haircut · Catching pests

Avoid

Weddings · Opening for business · Digging ponds · Building a privy · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Extended Net · auspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
厨灶厕 外西南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 未不服药毒气入肠
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day) · Master Yang's taboo day
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · mǔ cāng · bù jiàng · yù yǔ

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · yuè xíng · wǔ xū · dì náng · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59己丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59庚寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
05:00–06:59辛卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59壬辰White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59癸巳Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59乙未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59丙申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59戊戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59己亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
23:00–23:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · 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.

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