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August 17, 1996 Saturday (Week 33)

(Rat Year) Lunar: 7th Month, 4th Day

Bingzi Year, Bingshen Month, Bingxu Day

Auspicious Sculpting and Painting Coming-of-Age Ceremony Marriage Visiting Friends&Relatives Expanding Household Warping & Weaving Making Clothes Planting Buy Livestock Pasturing Repairing Walls Plugging Holes Catching

Inauspicious Praying for Blessings Opening Business Breaking Ground Funeral Procession Burial

Prev Solar Term: Beginning of Autumn
（1996-08-07 13:48:49）

Next Solar Term: End of Heat
（1996-08-23 04:22:50）

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 Roof Earth

Clash & Inauspicious Direction Clash: Sha:North

Deity of the Day Arbiter of Fate（Auspicious Day）

Twelve Day Officers

Full
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Auspicious Deities

Monthly Emptiness, Mother's Granary, Yang Virtue, Guarding Day, Heavenly Mystic, Fortune Virtue, Six Rites, Reverence & Peace, Arbiter of Fate

Fetal Deity Position

Kitchen, Stove, Coop - Outside Northwest

Inauspicious Deities

Opposing Aversion, Beckoning Star, Heavenly Dog, Nine Emptinesses

Pengzu's Hundred Taboos

Bing: Do not repair stoves, or disaster will strike. Xu: Do not eat dog meat, or nightmares will plague you.

28 Lunar Mansions

Lunar Mansions: Stomach Earth Swine

Year Element Stream Water

Month Element Fire Under the Mountain

Day Element Roof Earth

Year Void Shen, You

Month Void Chen, Si

Day Void Wu, Wei

Phenology Third Pentad，Cold cicadas chirp

Monthly Ordinance Bingshen

Daily Prosperity Si Mutual Prosperity

Inauspicious

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

IN.None

Chou

Inauspicious

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.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Travel, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Burial, Renovation, Building House, Migration, Building Stove, Setting Up Bed, Entering New House, Opening Business, Taking Office

IN.None

Yin

Auspicious

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.None

IN.Nothing Suitable

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.Renovation, Entering New House, Burial, Praying for Heirs, Marriage, Migration, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities

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, Travel, Engagement, Marriage, Entering New House, Renovation, Burial

IN.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs

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.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Joining Roof Ridge, Marriage

IN.Consecration, Renovation, Burial

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

IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation, Breaking Ground

Wei

Inauspicious

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.Renovation, Building House, Migration, Setting Up Bed, Entering New House, Opening Business, Opening Granary, Travel, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Engagement, Marriage

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

Shen

Auspicious

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.Praying for Heirs, Marriage, Entering New House, Opening Business, Trading, Burial

IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities, Taking Office, Renovation, Migration, Travel, Litigation

You

Auspicious

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

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

Inauspicious

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.Building Stove, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities, Renovation, Taking Office, Travel, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Marriage, Expanding Household, Migration, Burial

IN.None

Hai

Auspicious

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, Praying for Blessings

IN.None

Chinese Almanac Calendar

August 17, 1996 Saturday (Week 33)

(Rat Year) Lunar: 7th Month, 4th Day

Bingzi Year, Bingshen Month, Bingxu Day

Auspicious Sculpting and Painting Coming-of-Age Ceremony Marriage Visiting Friends&Relatives Expanding Household Warping & Weaving Making Clothes Planting Buy Livestock Pasturing Repairing Walls Plugging Holes Catching

Inauspicious Praying for Blessings Opening Business Breaking Ground Funeral Procession Burial