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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 October 2004

Sunday

Lunar date
农历甲申年九月初四
甲申 (Jiashen) · Year of the Monkey · 甲戌 己巳
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 2004-10-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for children · Coming-of-age ceremony · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Visiting family and friends · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Setting up the loom · Receiving wealth · Raising livestock · Hunting · Draining water · Harvesting honey

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Room · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
占门床 外正南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars

yīn dé · xù shì · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · tiān zéi · xuè jì · chóng rì

Hours of the day

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