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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 23 August 2013

Friday

Lunar date
农历癸巳年七月十七
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 庚申 辛酉
Nayin Pomegranate Wood
Solar term today
End of Heat
Pentad · yīng nǎi jì niǎo
Next solar term · White Dew 2013-09-07
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cleansing and exorcism · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Installing doors · Digging channels · Digging ponds · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Weddings · Travel · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Building a stove · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Planting · Taking up a post

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Bond · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
厨灶门 外东南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

yīn dé · guān rì · jí qī · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · wǎng wáng · wǔ lí · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

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

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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Roman calendar
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