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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 August 1888

Thursday

Lunar date
农历戊子年六月廿五
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 己未 乙巳
Nayin Lamp Fire
Solar term
Major Heat
Pentad · dà yǔ xíng shí
Next solar term · Start of Autumn 1888-08-07
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Medical treatment · Learning a craft · Felling trees · Roofing · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Building a stove · Installing mortars and millstones · Hanging a signboard · Digging wells · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Travel · Burial · Building bridges

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Dipper · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
碓磨床 房内东
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars

wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · fú shēng · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · chóng rì

Hours of the day

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

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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