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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 August 2018
Saturday
Lunar date
农历戊戌年六月廿三
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 己未 戊辰
Nayin Wood of the Great Forest
Solar term
Major Heat
Pentad · dà yǔ xíng shí
Next solar term · Start of Autumn 2018-08-07
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Receiving wealth · Catching pests
Avoid
Opening for business · Breaking ground for a grave
- Clash
- Dog · Sha direction south
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Root · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 八白土
- Fetus god
- 房床栖 外正南
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 戊不受田田主不祥 辰不哭泣必主重丧
- Folk taboo days
- Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · sì xiāng · shí dé · tiān mǎ · pǔ hù
Inauspicious stars
tiān gāng · wǔ xū · wǔ mù · White Tiger
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Hooked Array | Seeking wealth |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | White Tiger | |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · 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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