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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 22 October 2009

Thursday

Lunar date
农历己丑年九月初五
己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 甲戌 庚子
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 2009-10-23
Auspicious

Consecrating sacred images · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Visiting family and friends · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial

Avoid

Opening for business · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Legs · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
占碓磨 房内南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · shí dé · mín rì · tiān wū · fú dé · pǔ hù · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · sì jì · jiǔ hǔ · dà shà · guī jì · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59己卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59辛巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59癸未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59甲申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59乙酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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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Coptic calendar
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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