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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 September 1978

Monday · Eid al-Fitr

Lunar date
农历戊午年八月初二
戊午 (Wuwu) · Year of the Horse · 庚申 己巳
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
End of Heat
Pentad · hé nǎi dēng
Next solar term · White Dew 1978-09-08
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Setting up the loom · Building and repairs · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Placing the bed · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Trading · Signing contracts · Planting · Visiting family and friends

Avoid

Funeral procession · Burial · Travel · Making beams · Acquiring livestock · Felling trees · Building bridges

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Rooftop · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
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
Auspicious stars

tiān yuàn · liù hé · wǔ fù · yào ān · bǎo guāng

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · jié shà · chóng rì

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 · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly PrisonTravel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
05:00–06:59丁卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth
07:00–08:59戊辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59己巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
13:00–14:59辛未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59癸酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌Golden CofferWeddings · 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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