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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 October 1897

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历丁酉年九月廿五
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 庚戌 辛亥
Nayin Hairpin Gold
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1897-10-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Moving house · Felling trees · Placing the bed · Acquiring livestock · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition

Avoid

Burial · Repairing tombs · Building a stove · Breaking ground for a grave · Building temples · Breaking ground · Weddings · Betrothal gifts

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
厨灶床 外东北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Folk taboo days
Master Yang's taboo day
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · tiān ēn · xiàng rì · jí qī · wǔ fù · jìng ān · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · sì qióng · jiǔ hǔ · wǔ xū · tǔ fú · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
01:00–02:59己丑Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59庚寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
05:00–06:59辛卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59壬辰Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs
09:00–10:59癸巳Hooked Array
11:00–12:59甲午Azure DragonTravel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
13:00–14:59乙未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
15:00–16:59丙申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
19:00–20:59戊戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59己亥Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
23:00–23:59庚子Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home

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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