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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 August 1926

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历丙寅年七月初十
丙寅 (Bingyin) · Year of the Tiger · 丙申 戊寅
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · bái lù jiàng
Next solar term · End of Heat 1926-08-24
Auspicious

Ritual bathing · Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Fasting and Taoist rites · Opening for business

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Destruction
Lunar mansion
Encampment · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
房床炉 外正西
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shèng xīn · jiě shén · wǔ hé

Inauspicious stars

yuè pò · dà hào · yuè xíng

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Azure DragonWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Vermilion BirdTravel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59丙辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
13:00–14:59己未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59辛酉Black Tortoise
19:00–20:59壬戌Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59癸亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Burial · Closing the roof ridge
23:00–23:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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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