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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 October 2012
Monday
Lunar date
农历壬辰年八月廿三
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 庚戌 壬寅
Nayin Gold Leaf
Solar term today
Cold Dew
Pentad · hóng yàn lái bīn
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 2012-10-23
Auspicious
Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial
Avoid
Moving house · Moving into a new home
- Clash
- Monkey · Sha direction north
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Stable
- Lunar mansion
- Heart · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 仓库炉 房内南
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
- Folk taboo days
- Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars
yuè kōng · sì xiāng · yáng dé · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · wǔ hé · Controller of Fate · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sǐ qì · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · liǎo lì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Heavenly Prison | |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · 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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