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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 August 2009

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历己丑年六月廿二
己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 壬申 己丑
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · bái lù jiàng
Next solar term · End of Heat 2009-08-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Catching pests · Hunting · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Opening for business · Moving into a new home

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Chariot · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
占门厕 外正北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 丑不冠带主不还乡
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

xiǎo hào · guī jì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
03:00–04:59丙寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59戊辰White Tiger
09:00–10:59己巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59壬申Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59甲戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59乙亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · 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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