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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 September 2003

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历癸未年八月廿一
癸未 (Guiwei) · Year of the Goat · 辛酉 癸巳
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · xuán niǎo guī
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 2003-09-23
Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Hanging a signboard · Planting · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Demolition · Breaking ground · Placing the bed

Avoid

Weddings · Breaking ground for a grave · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Acquiring livestock · Lawsuits · Burial

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Chariot · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
占房床 房内北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · bù jiàng · pǔ hù

Inauspicious stars

chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子White TigerWeddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly Prison
05:00–06:59乙卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59丙辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59己未Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59辛酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59壬戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59癸亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59甲子Golden Coffer

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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