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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 October 1993

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历癸酉年九月初六
癸酉 (Guiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 壬戌 甲戌
Nayin Fire on the Mountain
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1993-10-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Making carts and tools · Travel · Building and repairs · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Building livestock pens · Training oxen and horses

Avoid

Shipping goods · Opening granaries · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Funeral procession · Felling trees · Digging channels · Planting

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
占门栖 外西南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · shǒu rì · tiān mǎ

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · White Tiger · yīn wèi

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
01:00–02:59乙丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59丙寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59戊辰Azure Dragon
09:00–10:59己巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59辛未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59壬申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59癸酉Heavenly VirtueTravel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings

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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