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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 August 1957

Sunday

Lunar date
农历丁酉年七月初九
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 丁未 戊申
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
Major Heat
Pentad · dà yǔ xíng shí
Next solar term · Start of Autumn 1957-08-08
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Starting school · Cleansing and exorcism · Cleaning the house · Medical treatment · Digging ponds · Raising livestock

Avoid

Weddings · Travel · Betrothal gifts · Moving into a new home · Building a stove

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Emptiness · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
房床炉 房内中
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

sì xiāng · yáng dé · xiàng rì · jí qī · bù jiàng · yì hòu · chú shén · Controller of Fate

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59癸丑Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59乙卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
07:00–08:59丙辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59戊午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59己未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
17:00–18:59辛酉Black Tortoise
19:00–20:59壬戌Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59癸亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings

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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