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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 9 November 1940

Saturday

Lunar date
农历庚辰年十月初十
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 丁亥 丙辰
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
Start of Winter
Pentad · shuǐ shǐ bīng
Next solar term · Minor Snow 1940-11-22
Auspicious

Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Moving house · Placing the bed · Felling trees · Making beams · Catching pests · Hunting · Making nets · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Cleansing and exorcism · Burial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Encoffining · Erecting a tombstone · Thanking the Earth God

Avoid

Opening for business · Building temples · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Root · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
厨灶栖 外正东
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

yáng dé · jiě shén · Controller of Fate

Inauspicious stars

xiǎo hào · tiān zéi · tǔ fú

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59己丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
03:00–04:59庚寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
05:00–06:59辛卯Hooked Array
07:00–08:59壬辰Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
13:00–14:59乙未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59丙申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59戊戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59己亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial

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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