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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 August 2024
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历甲辰年七月十八
甲辰 (Jiachen) · Year of the Dragon · 壬申 丁巳
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 2024-08-22
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Cleansing and exorcism · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Acquiring livestock
Avoid
Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Weddings · Haircut · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Setting up separate households · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation
- Clash
- Pig · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Chariot · auspicious
- Nine star
- 一白水
- Fetus god
- 仓库床 外正东
- Directions
- Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 丁不剃头头必生疮 巳不远行财物伏藏
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
yuè dé hé · liù hé · wǔ fù · yào ān · bǎo guāng
Inauspicious stars
hé kuí · jié shà · dì náng · chóng rì
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Controller of Fate | Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post |
| 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings |
| 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Heavenly Virtue | |
| 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | 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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