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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 August 2013

Monday

Lunar date
农历癸巳年七月十三
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 庚申 丁巳
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 2013-08-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Cleansing and exorcism · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Weddings · Haircut · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Setting up separate households · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Rooftop · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
仓库床 外正东
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 巳不远行财物伏藏
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · liù hé · wǔ fù · yào ān · bǎo guāng

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · jié shà · dì náng · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59辛丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
05:00–06:59癸卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59甲辰Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove
09:00–10:59乙巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59丙午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
21:00–22:59辛亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59壬子Golden Coffer

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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