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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 October 2024
Friday
Lunar date
农历甲辰年九月十六
甲辰 (Jiachen) · Year of the Dragon · 甲戌 乙卯
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 2024-10-23
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Preparing one's own tomb · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Avoid everything else
Avoid
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- Clash
- Rooster · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Initiate
- Lunar mansion
- Neck · inauspicious
- Nine star
- 六白金
- Fetus god
- 碓磨门 外正东
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 乙不栽植千株不长 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars
liù hé · shèng xīn · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì
Inauspicious stars
dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · sì fèi · wǔ xū · Hooked Array
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | White Tiger | Weddings · Travel · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Jade Hall | |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
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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