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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 August 1886

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历丙戌年七月初五
丙戌 (Bingxu) · Year of the Dog · 乙未 丙申
Nayin Fire below the Mountain
Solar term
Major Heat
Pentad · dà yǔ xíng shí
Next solar term · Start of Autumn 1886-08-07
Auspicious

Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Installing machinery · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Cleansing and exorcism · Demolition · Medical treatment · Building a stove · Roofing · Laying foundations · Digging ponds · Cleaning the house · Building livestock pens · Preparing one's own tomb · Making a coffin in advance · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Moving a coffin · Encoffining · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Travel · Placing the bed

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
厨灶炉 房内北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 申不安床鬼祟入房
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

yáng dé · xiàng rì · jí qī · yì hòu · chú shén · Controller of Fate · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59己丑Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59庚寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59辛卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
07:00–08:59壬辰Golden CofferWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
11:00–12:59甲午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59丙申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
17:00–18:59丁酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
19:00–20:59戊戌Controller of FateSacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59己亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
23:00–23:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods

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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