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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 September 2017
Monday
Lunar date
农历丁酉年七月廿八
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 己酉 戊申
Nayin Earth of the Highway
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 2017-09-23
Auspicious
Coming-of-age ceremony · Ritual bathing · Travel · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial
Avoid
Weddings · Opening for business · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Betrothal gifts · Repairing tombs
- Clash
- Tiger · Sha direction south
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Close
- Lunar mansion
- Net · auspicious
- Nine star
- 四绿木
- Fetus god
- 房床炉 房内中
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars
tiān shè · wáng rì · tiān mǎ · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · shèng xīn · chú shén
Inauspicious stars
yóu huò · xuè zhī · wǔ lí · White Tiger
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Punishment | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Black Tortoise | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Controller of Fate | Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · 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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