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April 23, 1940 Tuesday (Week 17)

(Dragon Year) Lunar: 3rd Month, 16th Day

Gengchen Year, Gengchen Month, Bingshen Day

Auspicious Offering Sacrifices Taoist Fasts and Offerings Opening Business Breaking Ground Encoffining Breaking Ground for Tombs Burial

Inauspicious Marriage Migration Entering New House

Prev Solar Term: Grain Rain
（1940-04-20 13:50:52）

Next Solar Term: Beginning of Summer
（1940-05-06 00:16:16）

God of Wealth Direction Southwest

God of Fortune Direction Northwest

God of Joy Direction Southwest

Yang Benefactor Direction Due West

Yin Benefactor Direction Northwest

Five Elements Fire Under the Mountain

Clash & Inauspicious Direction Clash: Sha:South

Deity of the Day Golden Treasury（Auspicious Day）

Twelve Day Officers

Stable
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Auspicious Deities

Monthly Emptiness, Four Phases, Three Harmonies, Approaching Day, Hourly Yin, Reverence & Peace, Removing Deity, Golden Treasury, Barking Dog

Fetal Deity Position

Kitchen, Stove, Furnace - Inside Room North

Inauspicious Deities

Monthly Aversion, Earth Fire, Death Qi, Departed, Five Separations, Perversity

Pengzu's Hundred Taboos

Bing: Do not repair stoves, or disaster will strike. Shen: Do not set up beds, or ghosts will enter the room.

28 Lunar Mansions

Lunar Mansions: Wings Fire Snake

Year Element White Wax Metal

Month Element White Wax Metal

Day Element Fire Under the Mountain

Year Void Shen, You

Month Void Shen, You

Day Void Chen, Si

Phenology First Pentad，Duckweed begins to grow

Monthly Ordinance Gengchen

Daily Prosperity Si Mutual Prosperity, Geng Advancing Prosperity

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Renwu), Sha South

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

AU.None

IN.Nothing Suitable

Chou

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Kuiwei), 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.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities, Renovation, Building Stove

IN.None

Yin

Inauspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Jiashen), Sha North

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, Taking Office, Offering Sacrifices

IN.Raising Roof Beam, Building House, Encoffining

Mao

Inauspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Yiyou), Sha West

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

AU.Praying for Heirs, Marriage, Migration, Entering New House, Opening Business, Trading, Renovation, Burial, Taking Office, Travel, Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth, Engagement

IN.None

Chen

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Bingxu), Sha South

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

AU.Offering Sacrifices, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Engagement, Marriage, Burial

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

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Dinghai), Sha East

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

AU.Engagement, Marriage, Migration, Entering New House, Burial

IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation, Breaking Ground, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities, Consecration

Inauspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Wuzi), Sha North

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

AU.Praying for Blessings, Marriage, Temple Building, Building Stove, Entering New House, Burial

IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation, Breaking Ground

Wei

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Zichou), Sha West

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, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Burial

IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation

Shen

Inauspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Gengyin), Sha South

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

AU.Engagement, Marriage, Setting Up Bed, Migration, Entering New House, Renovation, Burial, Taking Office, Travel, Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth

IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities

You

Inauspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (xinmao), Sha East

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

AU.Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Thanking the Deities, Renovation, Building House, Migration, Building Stove, Setting Up Bed, Entering New House, Opening Business

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

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Renchen), Sha North

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

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

IN.Taking Office, Litigation

Hai

Inauspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Kuisi), Sha West

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 Heirs, Marriage, Migration, Entering New House, Opening Business, Trading, Renovation, Burial, Taking Office, Meet Nobles, Travel, Seek Wealth

IN.None

Chinese Almanac Calendar

April 23, 1940 Tuesday (Week 17)

(Dragon Year) Lunar: 3rd Month, 16th Day

Gengchen Year, Gengchen Month, Bingshen Day

Auspicious Offering Sacrifices Taoist Fasts and Offerings Opening Business Breaking Ground Encoffining Breaking Ground for Tombs Burial

Inauspicious Marriage Migration Entering New House