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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 October 2014

Thursday

Lunar date
农历甲午年九月廿三
甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 甲戌 庚申
Nayin Pomegranate Wood
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 2014-10-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Receiving wealth · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Planting · Breaking ground for a grave · Thanking the Earth God

Avoid

Placing the bed · Burial

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Legs · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
碓磨炉 外东南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 申不安床鬼祟入房
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · liù yí · jīn táng · chú shén · Golden Coffer · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · wǔ lí · bā zhuān

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59丁丑Bright HallWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59戊寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59己卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59庚辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59辛巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午White TigerThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
13:00–14:59癸未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59甲申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
17:00–18:59乙酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59丙戌Controller of FateWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Hooked ArrayMoving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59戊子Controller of FateWeddings · 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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