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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 August 1942

Monday

Lunar date
农历壬午年七月二十
壬午 (Renwu) · Year of the Horse · 戊申 丙辰
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
End of Heat
Pentad · tiān dì shǐ sù
Next solar term · White Dew 1942-09-08
Auspicious

Weddings · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Felling trees · Breaking ground · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Burial

Avoid

Planting · Building a stove · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Travel

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Net · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
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

yuè kōng · mǔ cāng · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · xù shì · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sì jī · dà shà · xuè jì

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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