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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 October 1956
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历丙申年九月廿八
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 戊戌 辛未
Nayin Earth by the Road
Solar term
Frost's Descent
Pentad · cǎo mù huáng luò
Next solar term · Start of Winter 1956-11-07
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Moving house · Visiting family and friends · Receiving wealth · Haircut · Catching pests
Avoid
Weddings · Opening for business · Digging ponds · Building a privy · Breaking ground for a grave
- Clash
- Ox · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Wall · auspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 厨灶厕 外西南
- Directions
- Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 辛不合酱主人不尝 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars
tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · mǔ cāng · bù jiàng · yù yǔ
Inauspicious stars
hé kuí · yuè xíng · wǔ xū · dì náng · Vermilion Bird
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth |
| 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · 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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