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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 October 1886

Saturday

Lunar date
农历丙戌年九月十九
丙戌 (Bingxu) · Year of the Dog · 戊戌 己酉
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1886-10-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cleansing and exorcism · Cutting cloth for garments · Haircut · Placing the bed · Building a stove · Building livestock pens · Draining water · Building embankments · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Trimming nails · Cleaning the house

Avoid

Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Visiting family and friends · Digging wells · Installing doors · Planting

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Willow · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
占大门 外东北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · guān rì · chú shén · bǎo guāng · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
03:00–04:59丙寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59己巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
11:00–12:59庚午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
13:00–14:59辛未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59壬申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59乙亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings

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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Gregorian calendar
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Hebrew calendar
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Roman calendar
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