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2016-08-17
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August 17, 2016 Wednesday (Week 34)

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

Bingshen Year, Bingshen Month, Xinwei Day

Auspicious Offering Sacrifices Travel Making Roof Beams Moving Fire Dismantling Renovation Breaking Ground Laying Foundation Setting Up Bed Repairing Walls Plugging Holes Encoffining Breaking Ground for Tombs Burial Moving the Coffin Building Livestock Pens

Inauspicious Marriage Entering New House Taoist Fasts and Offerings Consecration Acupuncture Digging Well

Prev Solar Term: Beginning of Autumn
（2016-08-07 09:53:01）
Next Solar Term: End of Heat
（2016-08-23 00:38:29）
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 Roadside Earth
Clash & Inauspicious Direction Clash: Sha:West
Deity of the Day Jade Hall（Auspicious Day）
Twelve Day Officers
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Auspicious Deities
Mother's Granary, Golden Hall, Jade Hall
Fetal Deity Position
Kitchen, Stove, Toilet - Outside Southwest
Inauspicious Deities
Monthly Sha, Monthly Emptiness, Blood Branch, Heavenly Thief, Five Emptinesses
Pengzu's Hundred Taboos
Xin: Do not make sauce, or the master will not taste it. Wei: Do not take medicine, or poison will enter the gut.
28 Lunar Mansions
Lunar Mansions: Wall Water Porcupine
Year Element Fire Under the Mountain
Month Element Fire Under the Mountain
Day Element Roadside Earth
Year Void Chen, Si
Month Void Chen, Si
Day Void Xu, Hai
Phenology Third Pentad，Cold cicadas chirp
Monthly Ordinance Bingshen
Daily Prosperity You Mutual Prosperity
Zi
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.Marriage, Migration, Entering New House, Opening Business, Trading, Renovation, Burial
IN.Taking Office, Litigation, Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs
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.None
IN.Nothing Suitable
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, Travel, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Burial
IN.Renovation, Breaking Ground
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.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
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.Entering New House, Renovation, Burial, Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Expanding Household, Migration
IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Consecration, Taking Office, Travel
Si
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.Renovation, Building House, Migration, Setting Up Bed, Entering New House, Opening Business, Opening Granary, Thanking the Deities, Engagement, Marriage, Seek Wealth
IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Consecration, Taking Office, Travel
Wu
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, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed, Offering Sacrifices
IN.Taking Office, Renovation, Migration, Travel, Litigation
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.Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Expanding Household, Migration, Burial
IN.Shipbuilding, Take Boat, Taking Office, Travel, Renovation, Breaking Ground
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 Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Travel, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed, Building Stove, Offering Sacrifices, Taking Office, Meet Nobles
IN.Raising Roof Beam, Building House, Encoffining
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.Entering New House, Burial, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Engagement, Marriage
IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation
Xu
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.Engagement, Marriage, Setting Up Bed, Migration, Entering New House, Renovation, Burial, Offering Sacrifices
IN.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Take Boat
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 Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed, Building House, Migration, Building Stove
IN.Taking Office, Travel, Seek Wealth, Consecration, Renovation, Burial

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