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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 October 1957
Friday
Lunar date
农历丁酉年闰八月廿五
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 庚戌 癸亥
Nayin Water of the Great Sea
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1957-10-24
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Haircut · Felling trees · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Raising the ridge beam · Closing the roof ridge · Placing the bed · Building livestock pens
Avoid
Weddings · Burial · Funeral procession · Lawsuits · Building bridges · Building a stove · Breaking ground for a grave · Breaking ground
- Clash
- Snake · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Remove
- Lunar mansion
- Neck · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 占房床 外东南
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 癸不词讼理弱敌强 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars
sì xiāng · xiàng rì · jí qī · wǔ fù · jìng ān · Jade Hall
Inauspicious stars
jié shà · wǔ xū · tǔ fú · chóng rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Hooked Array | |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
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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