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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 October 1988

Saturday

Lunar date
农历戊辰年八月廿八
戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 壬戌 丙申
Nayin Fire below the Mountain
Solar term today
Cold Dew
Pentad · hóng yàn lái bīn
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1988-10-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Ritual bathing · Erecting pillars · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Demolition · Moving into a new home · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial · Thanking the Earth God · Taking up a post · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Building a stove · Encoffining · Burial · Placing the bed

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Root · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
厨灶炉 房内北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · liù yí · jīn táng · chú shén · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

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

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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