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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 23 August 2018

Thursday

Lunar date
农历戊戌年七月十三
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 庚申 丁亥
Nayin Earth on the Roof
Solar term today
End of Heat
Pentad · yīng nǎi jì niǎo
Next solar term · White Dew 2018-09-08
Auspicious

Travel · Ritual bathing · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock

Avoid

Weddings · Installing doors · Breaking ground · Burial

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Well · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
仓库床 外西北
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · xiàng rì · pǔ hù

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè hài · yóu huò · wǔ xū · bā fēng · dì náng · chóng rì · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

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

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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Japanese era calendar
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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