Times in UTC Approaching Cold Dew Jade Hall (Yellow Path) · Favorable

Lunar Month 8, Day 22 【Year of the Horse】

Year Bing-Wu Year

Month Ding-You Month

Day (Today) Ji-You Day

NaYin Post-Station Highway Earth

Duty Establish Day Mansion Bond (Lou)

FIT

Traditional Calendar: Suitable Traditional calendar reference for timing and planning

Travel & Expeditions Long-distance journeys, voyages & departures

Sacred Rites & Worship Ancestral remembrance & ceremonial worship customs

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

Groundbreaking Groundbreaking ceremonies, foundation work & site excavation

Housewarming & Blessing Entering new residence, hearth lighting & housewarming blessing

Tomb Groundbreaking Breaking ground for ancestral tombs & sacred burial plots

Social Gatherings & Fellowship Hosting honored guests, convivial gatherings & family reunions

✦ Traditional Directions & Clashes

Day Clash & Direction Clash Rabbit (Gui-Mao) · Traditional caution marker: East

Traditional Direction Reference Joy reference: Northeast · Resource reference: North · Blessing reference: North

Yang / Yin Nobles Yang Noble reference: North · Yin Noble reference: Southwest

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

✦ Traditional Favorable Markers Heavenly Grace · Official Day · Six Standards · Post-Blessing · Chu Shen (Removal Marker) · Jade Hall · Calling & Barking

✦ Traditional Cautionary Markers Month Establish · Minor Hour · Earth Mansion · Month Aversion · Opposite Aversion · Beckoning Disturbance · Five Separations · Minor Assembly

Traditional Precepts Traditional saying: On Ji days: avoid breaking contracts to prevent mutual loss · On You days: avoid hosting banquets to prevent guest discord

Phenology & Moon: Last Quarter 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