Times in UTC date Approaching Autumn Equinox Bright Hall · Traditional favorable marker (Yellow Path)

Lunar Month 8, Day 4 【Year of the Horse】

Year Bing-Wu Year

Month Ding-You Month

Day (Today) Xin-Mao Day

NaYin Pine & Cypress Wood

Duty Destruction Day Mansion Extended Net (Zhang) Mansion

FIT

Traditional Calendar: Suitable Traditional calendar reference for timing and planning

拆卸 Dismantling obsolete structures & clearing old edifices

祭祀 Ancestral remembrance & ceremonial worship customs

AVOID

Traditional Calendar: Avoid Traditional calendar note: exercise mindful restraint

休息 Conserving energy, pausing major undertakings & quiet rest

✦ Traditional Directions & Clashes

Day Clash & Direction Clash Rooster (Yi-You) · Traditional caution marker: West

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

Yang / Yin Nobles Yang Noble reference: Northeast · Yin Noble reference: South

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

✦ Traditional Favorable Markers Five Harmonies · Bright Hall · Calling & Barking Pair

✦ Traditional Cautionary Markers Month Clash · Great Consumer · Disaster Sha · Heavenly Fire · Month Aversion · Earth Fire · Five Voids · Repeating Day · Major Assembly

Traditional Precepts Traditional saying: On Xin days: avoid condiment brewing as flavor spoils · On Mao days: avoid drilling wells as spring water turns bitter

Phenology & Moon: Swallows Return · Waxing Crescent Moon

Public almanac references standard classical activities.

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