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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 September 1873

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历癸酉年七月廿六
癸酉 (Guiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 辛酉 壬申
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1873-09-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Installing machinery · Demolition · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Encoffining · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Building a granary · Setting up the loom

Avoid

Placing the bed · Consecrating sacred images · Opening for business · Trading

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
仓库炉 外西南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

sì xiāng · wáng rì · tiān mǎ · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · shèng xīn · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · xuè zhī · wǔ lí · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59癸卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59甲辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59乙巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
11:00–12:59丙午White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59辛亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
23:00–23:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · 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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