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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 August 1913

Sunday

Lunar date
农历癸丑年七月十六
癸丑 (Guichou) · Year of the Ox · 庚申 庚午
Nayin Earth by the Road
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · bái lù jiàng
Next solar term · End of Heat 1913-08-24
Auspicious

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Consecrating sacred images · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Haircut · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Draining water · Digging channels · Planting · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Raising the ridge beam · Encoffining · Roofing · Visiting the sick · Building a stove · Installing doors · Burial · Acquiring livestock · Felling trees

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Star · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
占碓磨 外正南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

tiān mǎ · shí yáng · shēng qì · yù yǔ · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · fù rì · White Tiger

Hours of the day

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