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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 September 1988

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历戊辰年八月初十
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 辛酉 戊寅
Nayin Earth on the City Wall
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1988-09-23
Auspicious

Consecrating sacred images · Cleansing and exorcism · Laying foundations · Breaking ground · Demolition · Raising the ridge beam · Erecting a tombstone · Repairing tombs · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Moving a coffin

Avoid

Weddings · Travel · Placing the bed · Building a stove · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Buying property

Clash
Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Encampment · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
房床炉 外正西
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars

jiě shén · wǔ hé · Azure Dragon

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · guī jì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Azure DragonWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Vermilion BirdTravel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59丙辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
13:00–14:59己未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59辛酉Black Tortoise
19:00–20:59壬戌Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59癸亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Burial · Closing the roof ridge
23:00–23:59甲子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · 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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