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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 October 2018
Saturday
Lunar date
农历戊戌年九月十二
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 壬戌 乙酉
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 2018-10-23
Auspicious
Coming-of-age ceremony · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Building a stove · Haircut · Trimming nails · Cleaning the house · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial
Avoid
Consecrating sacred images · Weddings · Visiting family and friends · Planting · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Burial
- Clash
- Rabbit · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Close
- Lunar mansion
- Willow · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 三碧木
- Fetus god
- 碓磨门 外西北
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 乙不栽植千株不长 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars
guān rì · chú shén · bǎo guāng · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
yuè hài · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · wǔ lí
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Bright Hall | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Heavenly Virtue | Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | White Tiger | Travel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Prison | Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · 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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