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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 28 September 2018
Friday
Lunar date
农历戊戌年八月十九
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 辛酉 癸亥
Nayin Water of the Great Sea
Solar term
Autumn Equinox
Pentad · zhé chóng pī hù
Next solar term · Cold Dew 2018-10-08
Auspicious
Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Coming-of-age ceremony · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging a signboard · Building a stove · Opening for business · Digging ponds · Building a privy · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests
Avoid
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- Clash
- Snake · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Full
- Lunar mansion
- Neck · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 七赤金
- Fetus god
- 占房床 外东南
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 癸不词讼理弱敌强 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars
yuè ēn · sì xiāng · xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān wū · fú dé · yào ān
Inauspicious stars
wǔ xū · dà shà · chóng rì · yuán wǔ
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Hooked Array | |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
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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