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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 October 1978

Friday

Lunar date
农历戊午年九月初五
戊午 (Wuwu) · Year of the Horse · 辛酉 辛丑
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Autumn Equinox
Pentad · shuǐ shǐ hé
Next solar term · Cold Dew 1978-10-08
Auspicious

Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Receiving wealth · Building a granary · Building a privy · Planting · Raising livestock · Visiting family and friends

Avoid

Building a stove · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Digging channels · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Bond · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
厨灶厕 房内南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 丑不冠带主不还乡
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · sān hé · shí yīn · jīn táng

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · wǔ mù · fù rì · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59己丑Vermilion BirdBurial · Building and repairs
03:00–04:59庚寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
05:00–06:59辛卯Heavenly VirtueBuilding and repairs · Building a stove
07:00–08:59壬辰White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59癸巳Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59乙未Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59丙申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59戊戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59己亥Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home

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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