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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 28 October 1997

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历丁丑年九月廿七
丁丑 (Dingchou) · Year of the Ox · 庚戌 癸卯
Nayin Gold Leaf
Solar term
Frost's Descent
Pentad · cǎo mù huáng luò
Next solar term · Start of Winter 1997-11-07
Auspicious

Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Travel · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Avoid

Opening for business · Taking up a post

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Tail · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
房床门 房内西
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 卯不穿井水泉不香
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

sì xiāng · liù hé · bù jiàng · shèng xīn · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · wǔ xū · Hooked Array

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

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
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Julian calendar
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Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
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Hebrew calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
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Japanese era calendar
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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