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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 October 2005
Thursday
Lunar date
农历乙酉年九月十八
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 丙戌 丁丑
Nayin Water in the Ravine
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 2005-10-23
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Repairing roads · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Weddings · Opening for business
- Clash
- Goat · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Balance
- Lunar mansion
- Dipper · auspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 仓库厕 外正西
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丁不剃头头必生疮 丑不冠带主不还乡
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
mǔ cāng · fú shēng
Inauspicious stars
tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè shà · yuè xū · yuán wǔ
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | White Tiger | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Black Tortoise | |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Controller of Fate | Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Bright Hall | Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth |
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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