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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 October 1950

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历庚寅年九月初八
庚寅 (Gengyin) · Year of the Tiger · 丙戌 丙戌
Nayin Earth on the Roof
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1950-10-24
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Buying property · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Visiting family and friends · Moving house · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Closing the roof ridge · Installing doors · Draining water · Catching pests · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Building temples · Building boats · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
厨灶栖 外西北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · mǔ cāng · shǒu rì · tiān mǎ

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PrisonSacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59己丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs
03:00–04:59庚寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59辛卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
07:00–08:59壬辰Azure Dragon
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 · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59乙未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59丙申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial
19:00–20:59戊戌White TigerWeddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
21:00–22:59己亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business

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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