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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 26 October 2008
Sunday
Lunar date
农历戊子年九月廿八
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 壬戌 己亥
Nayin Wood on the Plain
Solar term
Frost's Descent
Pentad · chái nǎi jì shòu
Next solar term · Start of Winter 2008-11-07
Auspicious
Ritual bathing · Haircut · Starting school · Learning a craft · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
Avoid
Weddings · Moving into a new home
- Clash
- Snake · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Remove
- Lunar mansion
- Hairy Head · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 四绿木
- Fetus god
- 占门床 房内中
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars
xiàng rì · jí qī · wǔ fù · jìng ān · Jade Hall
Inauspicious stars
jié shà · wǔ xū · tǔ fú · chóng rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Hooked Array | |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Heavenly Virtue | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · 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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