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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 August 1888

Sunday

Lunar date
农历戊子年七月十二
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 庚申 壬戌
Nayin Water of the Great Sea
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 1888-08-23
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Building and repairs · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Visiting family and friends · Installing machinery · Setting up the loom

Avoid

Felling trees · Thanking the Earth God · Funeral procession · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Praying for blessings

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Star · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
仓库栖 外东南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · yáng dé · shǒu rì · tiān wū · fú dé · liù yí · jìng ān · Controller of Fate

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · tiān gǒu · jiǔ kōng

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59辛丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59壬寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59癸卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59甲辰Azure Dragon
09:00–10:59乙巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
11:00–12:59丙午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59戊申Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59己酉Heavenly VirtueBuilding and repairs · Building a stove
19:00–20:59庚戌White TigerWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
21:00–22:59辛亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59壬子White TigerWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial

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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