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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 October 2042

Monday

Lunar date
农历壬戌年九月初七
壬戌 (Renxu) · Year of the Dog · 庚戌 辛卯
Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 2042-10-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Building temples · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Installing machinery · Visiting family and friends · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Learning a craft · Setting up the loom · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Digging ponds · Building a privy · Hunting · Making nets · Planting · Raising livestock · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Consecrating sacred images · Weddings · Digging wells · Felling trees · Making beams

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Extended Net · auspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
厨灶门 外正北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 卯不穿井水泉不香
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · tiān yuàn · liù hé · bù jiàng · shèng xīn · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · wǔ xū · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59己丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59庚寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59辛卯Bright HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59壬辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children
09:00–10:59癸巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods
11:00–12:59甲午Golden CofferWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
13:00–14:59乙未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59丙申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59戊戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59己亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59庚子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · 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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