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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 October 1940
Thursday · Winter Clothes Day (Hanyi)
Lunar date
农历庚辰年十月初一
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 丙戌 丁未
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term
Frost's Descent
Pentad · cǎo mù huáng luò
Next solar term · Start of Winter 1940-11-07
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Blocking holes against pests · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Nothing is favourable
- Clash
- Ox · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Well · auspicious
- Nine star
- 五黄土
- Fetus god
- 仓库厕 房内东
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丁不剃头头必生疮 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars
mǔ cāng · yù yǔ
Inauspicious stars
hé kuí · yuè xíng · wǔ xū · bā fēng · bā zhuān · Vermilion Bird
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Golden Coffer | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Bright Hall | Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
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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