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1997-08-17
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August 17, 1997 Sunday (Week 33)

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(Ox Year) Lunar: 7th Month, 15th Day 中元节

Dingchou Year, Wushen Month, Xinmao Day

Auspicious Praying for Blessings Taoist Fasts and Offerings Travel Coming-of-Age Ceremony Marriage Carving Mortising Pillars Entering New House Building Bridges Opening Business Trading Signing Contracts Collecting Wealth Encoffining Removing Mourning Clothes Donning Mourning Clothes Moving the Coffin Breaking Ground for Tombs Burial Relocating Grave

Inauspicious Breaking Ground Make Alliance Setting Up Bed Excavating Pooll

Prev Solar Term: Beginning of Autumn
（1997-08-07 19:36:18）
Next Solar Term: End of Heat
（1997-08-23 10:19:11）
God of Wealth Direction Due East
God of Fortune Direction Northwest
God of Joy Direction Southwest
Yang Benefactor Direction Northeast
Yin Benefactor Direction Due South
Five Elements Pine and Cypress Wood
Clash & Inauspicious Direction Clash: Sha:West
Deity of the Day Vermilion Bird（Inauspicious Day）
Twelve Day Officers
Danger
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Auspicious Deities
Benefiting Descendants, Five Harmonies, Echoing Bark
Fetal Deity Position
Kitchen, Stove, Door - Outside Due North
Inauspicious Deities
Heavenly Officer, Fatal, Five Emptinesses, Earth Talisman, Vermilion Bird
Pengzu's Hundred Taboos
Xin: Do not make sauce, or the master will not taste it. Mao: Do not dig wells, or the water will be foul.
28 Lunar Mansions
Lunar Mansions: Hairy Head Sun Rooster
Year Element Stream Water
Month Element Highway Earth
Day Element Pine and Cypress Wood
Year Void Shen, You
Month Void Yin, Mao
Day Void Wu, Wei
Phenology Third Pentad，Cold cicadas chirp
Monthly Ordinance Wushen
Daily Prosperity You Mutual Prosperity, Yi Advancing Prosperity
Zi
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.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Travel, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Burial
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.Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Expanding Household, Migration, Burial
IN.Shipbuilding, Take Boat, Taking Office, Travel
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.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
Mao
Auspicious
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 Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Travel, Engagement, Marriage, Offering Sacrifices
IN.None
Chen
Inauspicious
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.None
IN.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs
Si
Inauspicious
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.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Travel, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed, Building House, Migration
IN.Consecration, Renovation, Burial
Wu
Auspicious
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, Praying for Heirs, Travel, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Burial, Taking Office
IN.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.None
IN.Nothing Suitable
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.Building Stove, Thanking the Deities, Renovation, Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Expanding Household, Migration, Burial
IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Consecration, Taking Office, Travel
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.Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Travel, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed
IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities
Xu
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.Praying for Blessings, Engagement, Marriage, Setting Up Bed, Migration, Entering New House, Renovation, Burial, Offering Sacrifices
IN.Taking Office, Travel
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.Renovation, Building House, Migration, Building Stove, Setting Up Bed, Entering New House, Opening Business, Praying for Blessings, Marriage, Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth
IN.Taking Office, Travel

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