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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 August 2011

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历辛卯年七月十八
辛卯 (Xinmao) · Year of the Rabbit · 丙申 甲辰
Nayin Lamp Fire
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · bái lù jiàng
Next solar term · End of Heat 2011-08-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Avoid

Consecrating sacred images · Acupuncture and moxibustion

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
占门栖 房内东
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · xù shì · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sì jī · dà shà · xuè jì · yīn cuò

Hours of the day

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

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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