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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 October 2014

Thursday · Double Ninth Festival

Lunar date
农历甲午年九月初九
甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 癸酉 丙午
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term
Autumn Equinox
Pentad · zhé chóng pī hù
Next solar term · Cold Dew 2014-10-08
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Catching pests · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Weddings · Opening for business · Roofing · Making beams · Making a coffin in advance

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
厨灶碓 房内东
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

fú shēng · Golden Coffer · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · tiān zéi · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo

Hours of the day

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

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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