Times in UTC Approaching Cold Dew Golden Lock (Yellow Path) · Favorable

Lunar Month 8, Day 19 【Year of the Horse】

Year Bing-Wu Year

Month Ding-You Month

Day (Today) Bing-Wu Day

NaYin Heavenly River Water (Milky Way)

Duty Harvest Day Mansion Encampment (Shi)

FIT

Traditional Calendar: Suitable Traditional calendar reference for timing and planning

Sacred Rites & Worship Ancestral remembrance & ceremonial worship customs

Quiet Reflection & Rest Conserving energy, pausing major undertakings & quiet rest

AVOID

Traditional Calendar: Avoid Traditional calendar note: exercise mindful restraint

Marriage & Betrothal Solemnizing marriages, betrothals & matrimonial covenants

Architectural Renovation Structural remodeling, home carpentry & architectural repairs

Tomb Groundbreaking Breaking ground for ancestral tombs & sacred burial plots

Commercial Inauguration Grand inaugurations, commercial store openings & commencing trade

✦ Traditional Directions & Clashes

Day Clash & Direction Clash Rat (Geng-Zi) · Traditional caution marker: North

Traditional Direction Reference Joy reference: Southwest · Resource reference: Southwest · Blessing reference: Northwest

Yang / Yin Nobles Yang Noble reference: West · Yin Noble reference: Northwest

Void Branches (XunKong) Yr: Yin-Mao · Mo: Chen-Si · Day: Yin-Mao

✦ Traditional Favorable Markers Fu Sheng (Prosperity Marker) · Golden Lock · Calling & Barking

✦ Traditional Cautionary Markers Heavenly Stern · Great Hour · Exhaustion Barrier (Da Bai) · Celestial Bathing Pool (Xian Chi) · Heavenly Thief · Nine Pitfalls · Nine Scorchings

Traditional Precepts Traditional saying: On Bing days: avoid repairing stoves to prevent domestic misfortune · On Wu days: avoid roofing houses to prevent structural loss

Phenology & Moon: Lying Wait Moon

Public almanac references standard classical activities.

Marriage & Betrothal Travel & Expeditions Timber Harvesting Structural Demolition Architectural Renovation Groundbreaking Residence Relocation Housewarming & Blessing Independent Living Funerary Rites & Interment Tomb Groundbreaking Ancestral Tomb Restoration Memorial Inscription Spring & Well Excavation Devotional Prayers Sacred Rites & Worship Bed Placement Ritual Commercial Inauguration Plaque & Signage Unveiling Ritual Consecration Contract Signing & Deeds Social Gatherings & Fellowship Space Cleansing & Purifying Personal Grooming Legal Advocacy & Mediation Quiet Reflection & Rest