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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 October 1960
Saturday
Lunar date
农历庚子年八月十八
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 丙戌 己巳
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term today
Cold Dew
Pentad · hóng yàn lái bīn
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1960-10-23
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for children · Coming-of-age ceremony · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Visiting family and friends · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Setting up the loom · Receiving wealth · Raising livestock · Hunting · Draining water · Harvesting honey
Avoid
Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial
- Clash
- Pig · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Danger
- Lunar mansion
- Willow · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 占门床 外正南
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 巳不远行财物伏藏
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
yīn dé · xù shì · Bright Hall
Inauspicious stars
yóu huò · tiān zéi · xuè jì · chóng rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Heavenly Prison | Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Heavenly Virtue | |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Golden Coffer |
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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