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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 15 August 1970

Saturday

Lunar date
农历庚戌年七月十四
庚戌 (Gengxu) · Year of the Dog · 甲申 丁卯
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · bái lù jiàng
Next solar term · End of Heat 1970-08-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Cleansing and exorcism · Felling trees · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Planting · Travel · Burial

Avoid

Digging wells · Haircut · Building a stove · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Digging ponds

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Girl · inauspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
仓库门 外正南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 卯不穿井水泉不香
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · tiān ēn · yì hòu · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

tiān lì · zhì sǐ · Vermilion Bird · wǔ xū · qī fú

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59辛丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59壬寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59癸卯Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59乙巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59丙午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59戊申White TigerMoving into a new home · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59己酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59辛亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

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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