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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 August 2008
Monday
Lunar date
农历戊子年七月十八
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 庚申 庚寅
Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 2008-08-23
Auspicious
Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Medical treatment · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Funeral procession · Burial
- Clash
- Monkey · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Destruction
- Lunar mansion
- Heart · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 碓磨炉 外正北
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 庚不经络织机虚张 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shèng xīn · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
yuè pò · dà hào · yuè xíng · fù rì · Heavenly Punishment
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Heavenly Prison | |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
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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