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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 October 1996
Sunday · Double Ninth Festival
Lunar date
农历丙子年九月初九
丙子 (Bingzi) · Year of the Rat · 戊戌 庚寅
Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1996-10-23
Auspicious
Catching pests · Making nets · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial · Erecting a tombstone
Avoid
Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Moving into a new home · Roofing · Moving house
- Clash
- Monkey · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Star · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 碓磨炉 外正北
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 庚不经络织机虚张 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Auspicious stars
yuè ēn · yáng dé · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · wǔ hé · Controller of Fate · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sǐ qì · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · xíng hěn
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Heavenly Prison | |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · 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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