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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 September 2010

Monday

Lunar date
农历庚寅年八月十三
庚寅 (Gengyin) · Year of the Tiger · 乙酉 癸酉
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 2010-09-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Putting on mourning clothes · Removing mourning clothes · Ritual bathing · Encoffining

Avoid

Breaking ground · Coming-of-age ceremony · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Rooftop · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
房床门 外西南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · sì xiāng · guān rì · liù yí · yì hòu · chú shén · chú shén · Jade Hall · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yuè xíng · yàn duì · zhāo yáo · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59癸丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
03:00–04:59甲寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children
11:00–12:59戊午Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Building and repairs
13:00–14:59己未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59庚申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59癸亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · 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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