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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 October 2016
Tuesday
Lunar date
农历丙申年九月初四
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 丁酉 己未
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
Autumn Equinox
Pentad · shuǐ shǐ hé
Next solar term · Cold Dew 2016-10-08
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Rites for wandering spirits · Cleansing and exorcism · Visiting family and friends · Catching pests · Hunting · Opening a grave for reburial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin
Avoid
Weddings · Opening for business · Breaking ground · Digging wells · Digging ponds · Burial
- Clash
- Ox · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Open
- Lunar mansion
- Tail · auspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 占门厕 外正东
- Directions
- Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 己不破券二比并亡 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars
mǔ cāng · yīn dé · shí yáng · shēng qì · tiān cāng · bǎo guāng
Inauspicious stars
wǔ xū · jiǔ kōng · tǔ fú · bā zhuān
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Vermilion Bird | |
| 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | White Tiger | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children |
| 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
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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