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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 August 2019

Monday

Lunar date
农历己亥年七月十九
己亥 (Jihai) · Year of the Pig · 壬申 戊子
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 2019-08-23
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Rites for wandering spirits · Consecrating sacred images · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Erecting pillars · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Laying foundations · Roofing · Installing doors · Building temples · Building bridges · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial

Avoid

Opening for business · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Building a stove

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Net · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
房床碓 外正北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · shí dé · mín rì · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · fú shēng · Azure Dragon

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge
03:00–04:59甲寅White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Jade HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59己未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59庚申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59辛酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59癸亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · 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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Coptic calendar
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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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