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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 22 September 1948

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历戊子年八月二十
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 辛酉 庚戌
Nayin Hairpin Gold
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1948-09-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Travel · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home

Avoid

Acupuncture and moxibustion · Felling trees · Making beams · Building temples · Funeral procession · Burial

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
碓磨栖 外东北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Folk taboo days
Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · shǒu rì · jí qī · xù shì

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · xuè jì · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59丁丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59戊寅Controller of FateWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59己卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59庚辰Azure Dragon
09:00–10:59辛巳Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午Heavenly PunishmentThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
13:00–14:59癸未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59甲申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59乙酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59丙戌White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59丁亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59戊子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading

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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