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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 October 2012

Tuesday

Lunar date
农历壬辰年八月十七
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 己酉 丙申
Nayin Fire below the Mountain
Solar term
Autumn Equinox
Pentad · shuǐ shǐ hé
Next solar term · Cold Dew 2012-10-08
Auspicious

Weddings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Cleansing and exorcism · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Ritual bathing · Felling trees · Setting up carpentry trestles · Making beams · Installing doors · Cleaning the house · Making a coffin in advance · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial · Erecting a tombstone · Repairing tombs

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Wings · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
厨灶炉 房内北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

wáng rì · tiān mǎ · wǔ fù · shèng xīn · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · xuè zhī · dì náng · wǔ lí · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59己丑Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59庚寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59辛卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
07:00–08:59壬辰Golden CofferWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
11:00–12:59甲午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59丙申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
17:00–18:59丁酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
19:00–20:59戊戌Controller of FateSacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59己亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
23:00–23:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · 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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