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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 July 1988

Sunday

Lunar date
农历戊辰年六月初四
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 己未 癸酉
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
Minor Heat
Pentad · yīng shǐ zhì
Next solar term · Major Heat 1988-07-22
Auspicious

Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Placing the bed · Encoffining · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Room · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
房床门 外西南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

mín rì · tiān wū · fú dé · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · xù shì · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59癸丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
03:00–04:59甲寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children
11:00–12:59戊午Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Building and repairs
13:00–14:59己未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59庚申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59癸亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business

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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