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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 September 2010

Sunday

Lunar date
农历庚寅年八月初五
庚寅 (Gengyin) · Year of the Tiger · 乙酉 乙丑
Nayin Gold in the Sea
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · hóng yàn lái
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 2010-09-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Visiting family and friends · Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Fasting and Taoist rites · Installing the household altar · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Taking up a post · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Travel · Cutting cloth for garments · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Setting up the loom · Trading

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Felling trees

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Room · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
碓磨厕 外东南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 丑不冠带主不还乡
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · sān hé · shí yīn · jīn táng

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

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

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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