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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 August 2000

Friday

Lunar date
农历庚辰年七月初五
庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 癸未 甲午
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Major Heat
Pentad · dà yǔ xíng shí
Next solar term · Start of Autumn 2000-08-07
Auspicious

Setting up the loom · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Encoffining · Opening a grave for reburial · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Consecrating sacred images · Medical treatment · Weddings · Digging wells · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Ox · inauspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
占门碓 房内北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 午不苫盖屋主更张
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · tiān shè · guān rì · liù hé · bù jiàng · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59乙丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
03:00–04:59丙寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites
09:00–10:59己巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
11:00–12:59庚午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59辛未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59壬申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59癸酉Bright HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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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