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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 15 September 2008
Monday
Lunar date
农历戊子年八月十六
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 辛酉 戊午
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · xuán niǎo guī
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 2008-09-22
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Weddings · Catching pests
Avoid
Consecrating sacred images · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening for business · Building and repairs · Moving into a new home · Installing doors
- Clash
- Rat · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Heart · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 房床碓 外正东
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars
bù jiàng · fú shēng · Golden Coffer
Inauspicious stars
tiān gāng · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · tiān zéi · sì hào · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Golden Coffer | |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Jade Hall | Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · 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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