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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 August 1916
Friday
Lunar date
农历丙辰年七月二十
丙辰 (Bingchen) · Year of the Dragon · 丙申 丁亥
Nayin Earth on the Roof
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 1916-08-23
Auspicious
Travel · Ritual bathing · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock
Avoid
Weddings · Installing doors · Breaking ground · Burial
- Clash
- Snake · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Balance
- Lunar mansion
- Neck · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 仓库床 外西北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丁不剃头头必生疮 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars
yuè dé hé · xiàng rì · pǔ hù
Inauspicious stars
tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè hài · yóu huò · wǔ xū · bā fēng · dì náng · chóng rì · Hooked Array
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Hooked Array | |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Heavenly Punishment | Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth |
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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