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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 September 1885

Saturday

Lunar date
农历乙酉年八月初四
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 乙酉 庚午
Nayin Earth by the Road
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · xuán niǎo guī
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1885-09-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Taking in a son-in-law · Visiting family and friends · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Catching pests · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Encoffining

Avoid

Moving house · Moving into a new home · Building a stove

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Stomach · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
占碓磨 外正南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · fú shēng · Golden Coffer · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · tiān zéi · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59丁丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59己卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building a stove
13:00–14:59癸未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59甲申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59乙酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home

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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