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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 August 1942
Thursday
Lunar date
农历壬午年七月初九
壬午 (Renwu) · Year of the Horse · 戊申 乙巳
Nayin Lamp Fire
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 1942-08-24
Auspicious
Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Installing machinery · Building a stove · Acquiring livestock
Avoid
Breaking ground · Burial
- Clash
- Pig · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Dipper · auspicious
- Nine star
- 四绿木
- Fetus god
- 碓磨床 房内东
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 乙不栽植千株不长 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars
liù hé · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · yào ān · bǎo guāng
Inauspicious stars
hé kuí · jié shà · chóng rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Heavenly Virtue | |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Golden Coffer |
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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