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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 August 1917

Monday

Lunar date
农历丁巳年六月十九
丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 丁未 庚辰
Nayin White Wax Gold
Solar term
Major Heat
Pentad · dà yǔ xíng shí
Next solar term · Start of Autumn 1917-08-08
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Receiving wealth · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Burial · Setting up the loom · Repairing tombs · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening for business · Placing the bed · Opening a grave for reburial · Erecting a tombstone

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Net · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
碓磨栖 外正西
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · tiān ēn · shí dé · tiān mǎ · pǔ hù

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · wǔ xū · White Tiger

Hours of the day

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

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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