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February 17, 1696 Friday (Week 8)

(Rat Year) Lunar: 1st Month, 15th Day Lantern Festival

Bingzi Year, Gengyin Month, Renshen Day

Auspicious Offering Sacrifices Bathing Dispelling Haircut Sweeping House Demolishing Buildings Demolishing Walls Avoid All Else

Inauspicious Marriage Burial

Prev Solar Term: Beginning of Spring
（1696-02-04 01:37:23）

Next Solar Term: Rain Water
（1696-02-18 22:10:22）

God of Wealth Direction Due South

God of Fortune Direction Southeast

God of Joy Direction Due South

Yang Benefactor Direction Due East

Yin Benefactor Direction Southeast

Five Elements Sword Edge Metal

Clash & Inauspicious Direction Clash: Sha:South

Deity of the Day Heavenly Prison（Inauspicious Day）

Twelve Day Officers

Destruction
Day

Auspicious Deities

Heavenly Virtue Harmony, Monthly Emptiness, Post Horse, Heavenly Queen, Universal Protection, Resolving Deity, Removing Deity, Barking Dog

Fetal Deity Position

Storehouse, Furnace - Outside Southwest

Inauspicious Deities

Month Breaker, Major Loss, Five Separations, Heavenly Prison

Pengzu's Hundred Taboos

Ren: Do not dam water, or floods cannot be prevented. Shen: Do not set up beds, or ghosts will enter the room.

28 Lunar Mansions

Lunar Mansions: Ghost Metal Goat

Year Element Stream Water

Month Element Pine and Cypress Wood

Day Element Sword Edge Metal

Year Void Shen, You

Month Void Wu, Wei

Day Void Xu, Hai

Phenology Third Pentad，Fish swim beneath the ice

Monthly Ordinance Gengyin

Daily Prosperity Hai Mutual Prosperity, Geng Advancing Prosperity

Auspicious

Double Hour: Zi Hour Time: 23:00-00:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (Jiawu), Sha South

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due East, Direction for Joy:Due South, Direction for Fortune:Southwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Northeast

AU.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Travel, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed

IN.Renovation, Breaking Ground

Chou

Auspicious

Double Hour: Chou Hour Time: 01:00-02:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (Yiwei), Sha East

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due East, Direction for Joy:Northeast, Direction for Fortune:Northwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due South

AU.Praying for Blessings, Marriage, Renovation, Temple Building, Building Stove, Entering New House, Burial, Taking Office, Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth, Travel

IN.None

Yin

Inauspicious

Double Hour: Yin Hour Time: 03:00-04:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (Bingshen), Sha North

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due South, Direction for Joy:Due East, Direction for Fortune:Southeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Southeast

AU.None

IN.Nothing Suitable

Mao

Inauspicious

Double Hour: Mao Hour Time: 05:00-06:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (Dingyou), Sha West

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due South, Direction for Joy:Southeast, Direction for Fortune:Northeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due East

AU.Thanking the Deities, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Engagement, Marriage, Renovation, Burial

IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Consecration, Taking Office, Travel

Chen

Auspicious

Double Hour: Chen Hour Time: 07:00-08:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (Wuxu), Sha South

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Northeast, Direction for Joy:Southwest, Direction for Fortune:Due North, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Northeast

AU.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Travel, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed, Offering Sacrifices, Taking Office, Meet Nobles

IN.None

Auspicious

Double Hour: Si Hour Time: 09:00-10:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (Zihai), Sha East

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Northeast, Direction for Joy:Southwest, Direction for Fortune:Southwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due North

AU.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Travel, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Burial, Offering Sacrifices

IN.None

Inauspicious

Double Hour: Wu Hour Time: 11:00-12:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (Gengzi), Sha North

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Southwest, Direction for Joy:Due West, Direction for Fortune:Northwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Northwest

AU.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Travel, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed, Taking Office

IN.Raising Roof Beam, Building House, Encoffining

Wei

Auspicious

Double Hour: Wei Hour Time: 13:00-14:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (xinchou), Sha West

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Southwest, Direction for Joy:Northwest, Direction for Fortune:Southeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due West

AU.Renovation, Entering New House, Burial, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Engagement, Marriage, Travel, Taking Office

IN.None

Shen

Inauspicious

Double Hour: Shen Hour Time: 15:00-16:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (Renyin), Sha South

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due North, Direction for Joy:Northeast, Direction for Fortune:Northeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Southwest

AU.Marriage, Entering New House, Opening Business, Trading, Burial

IN.Taking Office, Renovation, Migration, Travel, Litigation, Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Take Boat

You

Inauspicious

Double Hour: You Hour Time: 17:00-18:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (Kuimao), Sha East

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due North, Direction for Joy:Due North, Direction for Fortune:Due North, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Southwest

AU.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Entering New House, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Burial

IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation, Breaking Ground

Auspicious

Double Hour: Xu Hour Time: 19:00-20:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (Jiachen), Sha North

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due East, Direction for Joy:Due South, Direction for Fortune:Southwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Northeast

AU.Building Stove, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities

IN.Taking Office, Travel, Seek Wealth, Renovation, Breaking Ground

Hai

Inauspicious

Double Hour: Hai Hour Time: 21:00-22:59

Clash & Sha: Clash (Yisi), Sha West

Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due East, Direction for Joy:Northeast, Direction for Fortune:Northwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due South

AU.Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Engagement, Marriage, Entering New House, Opening Business, Burial

IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation

Chinese Almanac Calendar

February 17, 1696 Friday (Week 8)

(Rat Year) Lunar: 1st Month, 15th Day Lantern Festival

Bingzi Year, Gengyin Month, Renshen Day

Auspicious Offering Sacrifices Bathing Dispelling Haircut Sweeping House Demolishing Buildings Demolishing Walls Avoid All Else

Inauspicious Marriage Burial