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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 September 2009
Monday
Lunar date
农历己丑年八月初三
己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 癸酉 己巳
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 2009-09-23
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Visiting family and friends · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Coming-of-age ceremony · Demolition · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Taking up a post · Setting up the loom
Avoid
Setting column bases · Burial
- Clash
- Pig · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Success
- Lunar mansion
- Rooftop · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 占门床 外正南
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 巳不远行财物伏藏
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · pǔ hù
Inauspicious stars
chéng rì · Vermilion Bird
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 · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Heavenly Prison | Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth |
| 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 | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Heavenly Virtue | |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Golden Coffer |
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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