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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 October 2020
Saturday
Lunar date
农历庚子年九月初一
庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 丙戌 癸巳
Nayin Long-Flowing Water
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 2020-10-23
Auspicious
Visiting family and friends · Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Taking in a son-in-law · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Receiving wealth
Avoid
Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial · Building a stove
- Clash
- Pig · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Danger
- Lunar mansion
- Willow · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 占房床 房内北
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 癸不词讼理弱敌强 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars
sì xiāng · yīn dé · bù jiàng · xù shì · Bright Hall
Inauspicious stars
yóu huò · tiān zéi · xuè jì · chóng rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth |
| 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 | |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post |
| 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 · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Heavenly Virtue | |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Golden Coffer |
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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