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October 20, 1996 Sunday (Week 42)

(Rat Year) Lunar: 9th Month, 9th Day Double Ninth Festival

Bingzi Year, Wuxu Month, Gengyin Day

Auspicious Catching Weaving Nets Encoffining Removing Mourning Clothes Donning Mourning Clothes Moving the Coffin Breaking Ground for Tombs Burial Relocating Grave Erecting Tombstone

Inauspicious Marriage Offering Sacrifices Entering New House Building House Migration

Prev Solar Term: Cold Dew
（1996-10-08 08:18:42）

Next Solar Term: Frost's Descent
（1996-10-23 11:18:42）

God of Wealth Direction Due East

God of Fortune Direction Southwest

God of Joy Direction Northwest

Yang Benefactor Direction Due South

Yin Benefactor Direction Northeast

Five Elements Pine and Cypress Wood

Clash & Inauspicious Direction Clash: Sha:North

Deity of the Day Arbiter of Fate（Auspicious Day）

Twelve Day Officers

Stable
Day

Auspicious Deities

Monthly Grace, Yang Virtue, Three Harmonies, Approaching Day, Hourly Yin, Five Harmonies, Arbiter of Fate, Echoing Bark

Fetal Deity Position

Mortar, Mill, Furnace - Outside Due North

Inauspicious Deities

Monthly Aversion, Earth Fire, Death Qi, Nine Pits, Nine Scorches, Vicious Action

Pengzu's Hundred Taboos

Geng: Do not weave, or your efforts will be in vain. Yin: Do not offer sacrifices, or spirits will reject them.

28 Lunar Mansions

Lunar Mansions: Star Sun Horse

Year Element Stream Water

Month Element Plains Wood

Day Element Pine and Cypress Wood

Year Void Shen, You

Month Void Chen, Si

Day Void Wu, Wei

Phenology Third Pentad，Chrysanthemums bloom yellow

Monthly Ordinance Wuxu

Daily Prosperity Shen Mutual Prosperity, Jia Advancing Prosperity

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Gengwu), 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, Opening Business, Burial, Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth

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

Chou

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (xinwei), Sha East

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

AU.Joining Roof Ridge, Marriage, Renovation, Burial

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

Yin

Inauspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Renshen), 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 Heirs, Marriage, Migration, Entering New House, Opening Business, Trading, Renovation, Burial, Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth

IN.Taking Office, Travel

Mao

Inauspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Kuiyou), 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.Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Thanking the Deities, Renovation, Building House, Migration, Setting Up Bed, Entering New House, Opening Business, Opening Granary

IN.Taking Office, Travel

Chen

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Jiaxu), 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, Offering Sacrifices

IN.Raising Roof Beam, Building House, Encoffining

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Yihai), Sha East

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

AU.Entering New House, Taking Office, Travel, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Engagement, Marriage

IN.Consecration, Renovation, Burial

Inauspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Bingzi), 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

Wei

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Dingchou), Sha West

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

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 (Wuyin), 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

IN.Renovation, Breaking Ground

You

Inauspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Zimao), Sha East

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, Building Stove, Setting Up Bed, Entering New House, Opening Business, Taking Office, Travel, Seek Wealth, Marriage

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

Auspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (Gengchen), Sha North

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

AU.Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Expanding Household, Migration, Burial

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

Hai

Inauspicious

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

Clash & Sha: Clash (xinsi), Sha West

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

AU.Taking Office, Meet Nobles, Travel, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Expanding Household, Migration, Burial

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

Chinese Almanac Calendar

October 20, 1996 Sunday (Week 42)

(Rat Year) Lunar: 9th Month, 9th Day Double Ninth Festival

Bingzi Year, Wuxu Month, Gengyin Day

Auspicious Catching Weaving Nets Encoffining Removing Mourning Clothes Donning Mourning Clothes Moving the Coffin Breaking Ground for Tombs Burial Relocating Grave Erecting Tombstone

Inauspicious Marriage Offering Sacrifices Entering New House Building House Migration