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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 October 1874

Friday

Lunar date
农历甲戌年八月廿二
甲戌 (Jiaxu) · Year of the Dog · 癸酉 壬辰
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Autumn Equinox
Pentad · zhé chóng pī hù
Next solar term · Cold Dew 1874-10-08
Auspicious

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Haircut · Making beams · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Hanging a signboard · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Opening for business · Digging wells · Digging channels · Building bridges · Building boats

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
仓库栖 外正北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · liù hé · bù jiàng · jìng ān

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · sì jī · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

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

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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