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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 9 October 1957

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历丁酉年闰八月十六
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 庚戌 甲寅
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · hóng yàn lái bīn
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1957-10-24
Auspicious

Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Avoid everything else

Avoid

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Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
占门炉 外东北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

yáng dé · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · wǔ hé · Controller of Fate · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sǐ qì · sì fèi · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · bā zhuān · gū chén · yīn cuò

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59丁卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59戊辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59己巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59庚午White TigerWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59癸酉Black TortoiseThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove

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.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
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Julian calendar
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Chinese calendar (Nongli)
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Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
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Hebrew calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
29 Thout 1674 AM
Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
5 Tecpatl (flint), 15 Tititl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
9 Mechir, Peret (growth), year 2706 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
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