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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 23 August 2006

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历丙戌年七月三十
丙戌 (Bingxu) · Year of the Dog · 丙申 甲申
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term today
End of Heat
Pentad · yīng nǎi jì niǎo
Next solar term · White Dew 2006-09-08
Auspicious

Weddings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Rites for wandering spirits · Travel · Receiving wealth · Cleaning the house · Acquiring livestock · Taking up a post

Avoid

Opening for business · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Placing the bed · Opening granaries · Raising the ridge beam

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
占门炉 外西北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

wáng rì · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

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

Hours of the day

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