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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 September 2013

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历癸巳年八月十四
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 辛酉 丁亥
Nayin Earth on the Roof
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 2013-09-23
Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Raising the ridge beam

Avoid

Building a stove · Funeral procession · Haircut · Taking a boat · Weddings · Burial

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
仓库床 外西北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān wū · fú dé · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · bā fēng · dà shà · chóng rì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge
05:00–06:59癸卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59甲辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59乙巳Hooked Array
11:00–12:59丙午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59丁未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PunishmentMoving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59己酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59庚戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59辛亥Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59壬子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth

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.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
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Julian calendar
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Hebrew calendar
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Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
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Ethiopian calendar
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Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Aztec calendars
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Roman calendar
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