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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 September 1940
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历庚辰年八月十七
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 乙酉 甲子
Nayin Gold in the Sea
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1940-09-23
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Decorating walls · Repairing roads · Encoffining · Moving a coffin
Avoid
Weddings · Moving into a new home · Raising the ridge beam · Installing doors
- Clash
- Horse · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Balance
- Lunar mansion
- Winnowing Basket · auspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- Fetus god
- 占门碓 外东南
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 甲不开仓财物耗散 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars
yuè kōng · tiān ēn · shí dé · yáng dé · mín rì · yù yǔ · Controller of Fate
Inauspicious stars
hé kuí · sǐ shén · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · wǎng wáng
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Controller of Fate | |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Bright Hall | Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · 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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