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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 September 1970

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历庚戌年八月十六
庚戌 (Gengxu) · Year of the Dog · 乙酉 己亥
Nayin Wood on the Plain
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · xuán niǎo guī
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1970-09-23
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Receiving wealth · Planting · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Consecrating sacred images · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Installing doors · Building and repairs

Avoid

Fasting and Taoist rites · Weddings · Funeral procession · Breaking ground · Building a stove · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
占门床 房内中
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars

xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān wū · fú dé · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · dà shà · chóng rì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

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