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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 August 2021

Friday

Lunar date
农历辛丑年七月十三
辛丑 (Xinchou) · Year of the Ox · 丙申 庚子
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 2021-08-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home

Avoid

Opening for business · Burial

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
占碓磨 房内南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

shí dé · mín rì · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · fú shēng · Azure Dragon · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · sì jì · jiǔ hǔ · fù rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59己卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59辛巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59癸未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59甲申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59乙酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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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