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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 August 1936

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历丙子年六月十八
丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 乙未 戊午
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
Major Heat
Pentad · dà yǔ xíng shí
Next solar term · Start of Autumn 1936-08-08
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Blocking holes against pests · Making nets · Hunting · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Moving house · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Installing doors

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Encampment · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
房床碓 外正东
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 午不苫盖屋主更张
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān yuàn · sì xiāng · guān rì · liù hé · bù jiàng

Inauspicious stars

tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Prison · zhú zhèn

Hours of the day

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