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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 October 1998

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历戊寅年九月初二
戊寅 (Wuyin) · Year of the Tiger · 壬戌 辛丑
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1998-10-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Making nets · Building livestock pens · Avoid everything else

Avoid

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Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Chariot · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
厨灶厕 房内南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 丑不冠带主不还乡
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · mǔ cāng · fú dé

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè shà · yuè xū · dì náng · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

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

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
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Hebrew calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
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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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