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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 October 1917

Thursday · Islamic New Year

Lunar date
农历丁巳年九月初三
丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 庚戌 癸巳
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1917-10-24
Auspicious

Visiting family and friends · Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Taking in a son-in-law · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Receiving wealth

Avoid

Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial · Building a stove

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Dipper · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
占房床 房内北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 巳不远行财物伏藏
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

sì xiāng · yīn dé · bù jiàng · xù shì · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · tiān zéi · xuè jì · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子White TigerWeddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly Prison
05:00–06:59乙卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59丙辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59己未Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59辛酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59壬戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59癸亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59甲子Golden Coffer

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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