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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 October 1940
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历庚辰年九月十六
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 丙戌 壬辰
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1940-10-23
Auspicious
Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Nothing is favourable
- Clash
- Dog · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Destruction
- Lunar mansion
- Winnowing Basket · auspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 仓库栖 外正北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars
yuè kōng · mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · bù jiàng · yì hòu · jiě shén · Azure Dragon
Inauspicious stars
yuè pò · dà hào · sì jī · jiǔ kōng · wǎng wáng
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | White Tiger | |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
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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