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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 26 August 1968

Monday

Lunar date
农历戊申年闰七月初三
戊申 (Wushen) · Year of the Monkey · 庚申 戊辰
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
End of Heat
Pentad · yīng nǎi jì niǎo
Next solar term · White Dew 1968-09-07
Auspicious

Installing machinery · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Rites for wandering spirits · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Moving house · Placing the bed · Planting · Raising the ridge beam · Acquiring livestock · Breaking ground for a grave · Moving a coffin · Burial

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Weddings · Digging wells · Raising livestock

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Net · auspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
房床栖 外正南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · xù shì · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sì jī · dà shà · xuè jì

Hours of the day

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