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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 September 2018
Monday
Lunar date
农历戊戌年八月初八
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 辛酉 壬子
Nayin Mulberry Wood
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · xuán niǎo guī
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 2018-09-23
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Decorating walls · Repairing roads · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Fasting and Taoist rites · Weddings · Moving house · Travel · Raising the ridge beam · Moving into a new home
- Clash
- Horse · Sha direction south
- Day god
- Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Balance
- Lunar mansion
- Net · auspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 仓库碓 外东北
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 壬不泱水更难提防 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars
tiān ēn · sì xiāng · shí dé · yáng dé · mín rì · yù yǔ · Controller of Fate · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
hé kuí · sǐ shén · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · wǎng wáng
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | White Tiger | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Controller of Fate | |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · 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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