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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 October 1876

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历丙子年九月初一
丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 戊戌 戊午
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1876-10-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Opening for business · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Placing the bed

Avoid

Acquiring livestock · Felling trees · Buying property · Making beams · Funeral procession · Burial · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Encampment · auspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
房床碓 外正东
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

sì hào · fù rì · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59癸丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
03:00–04:59甲寅White TigerWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
05:00–06:59乙卯Jade HallTravel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59丁巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59戊午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59己未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59庚申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
21:00–22:59癸亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · 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.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
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Julian calendar
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Hebrew calendar
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
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Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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