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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 14 August 2017

Monday

Lunar date
农历丁酉年闰六月廿三
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 戊申 癸酉
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · bái lù jiàng
Next solar term · End of Heat 2017-08-23
Auspicious

Cleansing and exorcism · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Acquiring livestock · Roofing · Closing the roof ridge · Laying foundations · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Avoid

Moving the altar fire before renovation · Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Travel · Lawsuits · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Taking up a post

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Rooftop · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
房床门 外西南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · sì xiāng · yīn dé · guān rì · jí qī · bù jiàng · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · wǎng wáng · wǔ lí · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59癸丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
03:00–04:59甲寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children
11:00–12:59戊午Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Building and repairs
13:00–14:59己未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59庚申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59癸亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · 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.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
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Julian calendar
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Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
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Hebrew calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
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Indian national calendar (Saka)
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Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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