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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 October 2006
Thursday
Lunar date
农历丙戌年八月廿一
丙戌 (Bingxu) · Year of the Dog · 戊戌 甲戌
Nayin Fire on the Mountain
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · hóng yàn lái bīn
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 2006-10-23
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Making carts and tools · Travel · Building and repairs · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Building livestock pens · Training oxen and horses
Avoid
Shipping goods · Opening granaries · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Funeral procession · Felling trees · Digging channels · Planting
- Clash
- Dragon · Sha direction north
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Establish
- Lunar mansion
- Horn · auspicious
- Nine star
- 五黄土
- Fetus god
- 占门栖 外西南
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 甲不开仓财物耗散 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Auspicious stars
mǔ cāng · shǒu rì · tiān mǎ
Inauspicious stars
yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · White Tiger · yīn wèi
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Azure Dragon | |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Travel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
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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