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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 August 1918
Wednesday · Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan)
Lunar date
农历戊午年七月十五
戊午 (Wuwu) · Year of the Horse · 庚申 庚子
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 1918-08-24
Auspicious
Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home
Avoid
Opening for business · Burial
- Clash
- Horse · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Winnowing Basket · auspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 占碓磨 房内南
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 庚不经络织机虚张 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars
shí dé · mín rì · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · fú shēng · Azure Dragon · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
sǐ qì · sì jì · jiǔ hǔ · fù rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Controller of Fate | |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
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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