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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 August 2020
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历庚子年六月十六
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 癸未 庚辰
Nayin White Wax Gold
Solar term
Major Heat
Pentad · dà yǔ xíng shí
Next solar term · Start of Autumn 2020-08-07
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Receiving wealth · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
Avoid
Burial · Setting up the loom · Repairing tombs · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening for business · Placing the bed · Opening a grave for reburial · Erecting a tombstone
- Clash
- Dog · Sha direction south
- Day god
- White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Winnowing Basket · auspicious
- Nine star
- 二黑土
- Fetus god
- 碓磨栖 外正西
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 庚不经络织机虚张 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars
yuè kōng · tiān ēn · shí dé · tiān mǎ · pǔ hù
Inauspicious stars
tiān gāng · wǔ xū · White Tiger
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Heavenly Punishment | Travel · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | White Tiger | |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
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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