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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 August 1878

Friday

Lunar date
农历戊寅年七月初四
戊寅 (Wuyin) · Year of the Tiger · 己未 壬子
Nayin Mulberry Wood
Solar term
Major Heat
Pentad · dà yǔ xíng shí
Next solar term · Start of Autumn 1878-08-08
Auspicious

Ritual bathing · Haircut · Catching pests · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial

Avoid

Moving the altar fire before renovation · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Building a stove · Raising the ridge beam · Breaking ground

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
仓库碓 外东北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · jīn táng · jiě shén · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · sì fèi · wǔ xū · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · guī jì · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

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