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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 14 September 1940

Saturday

Lunar date
农历庚辰年八月十三
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 乙酉 庚申
Nayin Pomegranate Wood
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · xuán niǎo guī
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1940-09-23
Auspicious

Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Felling trees · Setting up carpentry trestles · Drilling post holes · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Preparing one's own tomb · Making a coffin in advance · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Repairing tombs

Avoid

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Opening for business · Placing the bed

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Root · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
碓磨炉 外东南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 申不安床鬼祟入房
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · wáng rì · tiān mǎ · wǔ fù · shèng xīn · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · xuè zhī · wǔ lí · bā zhuān · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59丁丑Bright HallWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59戊寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59己卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59庚辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59辛巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午White TigerThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
13:00–14:59癸未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59甲申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
17:00–18:59乙酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59丙戌Controller of FateWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Hooked ArrayMoving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59戊子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home

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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