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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 August 1937

Thursday · Qixi Festival

Lunar date
农历丁丑年七月初七
丁丑 (Dingchou) · Year of the Ox · 戊申 辛未
Nayin Earth by the Road
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · liáng fēng zhì
Next solar term · End of Heat 1937-08-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Making beams · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Moving a coffin · Building livestock pens

Avoid

Weddings · Moving into a new home · Fasting and Taoist rites · Consecrating sacred images · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Digging wells

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Well · auspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
厨灶厕 外西南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 未不服药毒气入肠
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · jīn táng · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · tiān zéi · wǔ xū

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59己丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59庚寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
05:00–06:59辛卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59壬辰White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59癸巳Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59乙未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59丙申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59戊戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59己亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
23:00–23:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · 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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