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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 August 1999

Tuesday · Qixi Festival

Lunar date
农历己卯年七月初七
己卯 (Jimao) · Year of the Rabbit · 壬申 辛丑
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · bái lù jiàng
Next solar term · End of Heat 1999-08-23
Auspicious

Catching pests · Making nets · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Avoid

Weddings · Moving into a new home

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star
八白土
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
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

xiǎo hào · wǔ mù · guī jì

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.

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