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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 27 October 2016

Thursday

Lunar date
农历丙申年九月廿七
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 戊戌 壬午
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Frost's Descent
Pentad · chái nǎi jì shòu
Next solar term · Start of Winter 2016-11-07
Auspicious

Making carts and tools · Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Visiting family and friends · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Avoid

Raising the ridge beam · Consecrating sacred images · Roofing · Setting up carpentry trestles · Making a coffin in advance

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
仓库碓 外西北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 午不苫盖屋主更张
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · tiān ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · yào ān · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

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

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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