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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 September 1937

Friday

Lunar date
农历丁丑年八月十三
丁丑 (Dingchou) · Year of the Ox · 己酉 丁未
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · xuán niǎo guī
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1937-09-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cleansing and exorcism · Making nets · Hunting · Fishing · Visiting family and friends · Starting school · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Encoffining · Burial · Building boats

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Neck · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
仓库厕 房内东
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 未不服药毒气入肠
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · yīn dé · shí yáng · shēng qì · tiān cāng · bǎo guāng

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · bā fēng · jiǔ kōng · tǔ fú · bā zhuān

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Heavenly Punishment
01:00–02:59辛丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59壬寅Golden Coffer
05:00–06:59癸卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59甲辰White TigerWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
09:00–10:59乙巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59丙午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59戊申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59己酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59庚戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59辛亥Bright HallTravel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59壬子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed

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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