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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 24 September 2008

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历戊子年八月廿五
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 辛酉 丁卯
Nayin Fire in the Furnace
Solar term
Autumn Equinox
Pentad · léi shǐ shōu shēng
Next solar term · Cold Dew 2008-10-08
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Moving house · Moving into a new home · Travel · Planting

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Destruction
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
仓库门 外正南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · wǔ hé · Bright Hall · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè pò · dà hào · zāi shà · tiān huǒ · yuè yàn · dì huǒ · wǔ xū

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59辛丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59壬寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59癸卯Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59乙巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59丙午Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59戊申White TigerMoving into a new home · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59己酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59庚戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59辛亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59壬子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

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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