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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 November 1918

Friday

Lunar date
农历戊午年十月初五
戊午 (Wuwu) · Year of the Horse · 癸亥 己未
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term today
Start of Winter
Pentad · shuǐ shǐ bīng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1918-11-23
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Consecrating sacred images · Visiting family and friends · Cleansing and exorcism · Starting school · Receiving wealth · Trading · Signing contracts · Setting up the loom · Laying foundations · Breaking ground · Setting column bases · Digging ponds · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Breaking ground for a grave · Encoffining · Erecting a tombstone · Burial

Avoid

Weddings · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Moving house

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
占门厕 外正东
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 未不服药毒气入肠
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · liù yí · fú shēng · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sì jī · wǎng wáng · bā zhuān

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59丙寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59戊辰White TigerWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
09:00–10:59己巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children
13:00–14:59辛未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59壬申Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59甲戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59乙亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
23:00–23:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings

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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