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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 August 1897

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历丁酉年七月二十
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 戊申 丁未
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 1897-08-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Moving house · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Roofing · Consecrating sacred images · Haircut · Building boats · Digging wells · Building a stove

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Tail · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
仓库厕 房内东
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · mǔ cāng · jīn táng · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · bā fēng · bā zhuān

Hours of the day

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

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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