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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 August 1940
Sunday
Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Cleansing and exorcism · Demolition · Breaking ground · Building and repairs · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial
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- Clash
- Rooster · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Hairy Head · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- Fetus god
- 占大门 外正西
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 卯不穿井水泉不香
- Folk taboo days
- Master Yang's taboo day
tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · jìng ān · wǔ hé · bǎo guāng
dà shà · fù rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Bright Hall | Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Jade Hall | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · 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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