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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 August 2004

Saturday

Lunar date
农历甲申年七月初六
甲申 (Jiashen) · Year of the Monkey · 壬申 壬申
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 2004-08-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Erecting pillars · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Receiving wealth · Raising the ridge beam · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Planting · Digging wells · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Breaking ground for a grave · Buying property

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Root · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
仓库炉 外西南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · wáng rì

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fú · wǔ lí · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59癸卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59甲辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59乙巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
11:00–12:59丙午White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59辛亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
23:00–23:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · 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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