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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 23 August 1888

Thursday

Lunar date
农历戊子年七月十六
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 庚申 丙寅
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term today
End of Heat
Pentad · yīng nǎi jì niǎo
Next solar term · White Dew 1888-09-07
Auspicious

Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Medical treatment · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Destruction
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
厨灶炉 外正南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · tiān ēn · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shèng xīn · jiě shén · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè pò · dà hào · yuè xíng · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

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