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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 September 1940

Friday

Lunar date
农历庚辰年八月初五
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 甲申 壬子
Nayin Mulberry Wood
Solar term
End of Heat
Pentad · hé nǎi dēng
Next solar term · White Dew 1940-09-08
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Felling trees · Making beams · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Cleansing and exorcism · Demolition · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Weddings · Moving house

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
仓库碓 外东北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · tiān ēn · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · shí dé · mín rì · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · fú shēng · Azure Dragon · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59辛丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59壬寅White Tiger
05:00–06:59癸卯Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59乙巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
11:00–12:59丙午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59丁未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
15:00–16:59戊申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial
21:00–22:59辛亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · 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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