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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 September 1973

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历癸丑年八月廿二
癸丑 (Guichou) · Year of the Ox · 辛酉 丁巳
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1973-09-23
Auspicious

Consecrating sacred images · Praying for children · Carving · Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Raising the ridge beam · Draining water · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Building a granary · Building boats · Opening for business · Digging ponds · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Hanging a signboard

Avoid

Funeral procession · Burial · Making a coffin in advance

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
仓库床 外正东
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 巳不远行财物伏藏
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · pǔ hù

Inauspicious stars

chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

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