Times in UTC date Approaching Autumn Equinox Vermilion Bird · Traditional cautionary marker (Black Path)

Lunar Month 8, Day 6 【Year of the Horse】

Year Bing-Wu Year

Month Ding-You Month

Day (Today) Gui-Si Day

NaYin Everflowing Stream Water

Duty Success Day Mansion Chariot (Zhen) Mansion

FIT

Traditional Calendar: Suitable Traditional calendar reference for timing and planning

拆卸 Dismantling obsolete structures & clearing old edifices

动土 Groundbreaking ceremonies, foundation work & site excavation

祭祀 Ancestral remembrance & ceremonial worship customs

安床 Traditional bed-placement customs & household arrangement

开市 Grand inaugurations, commercial store openings & commencing trade

挂匾 Unveiling corporate signage, ceremonial plaques & business mottos

开光 Traditional consecration ceremonies & object dedication

立券 Executing commercial covenants, legal contracts & trade deeds

AVOID

Traditional Calendar: Avoid Traditional calendar note: exercise mindful restraint

嫁娶 Solemnizing marriages, betrothals & matrimonial covenants

出行 Long-distance journeys, voyages & departures

移徙 Household relocation, moving possessions & changing abode

入宅 Entering new residence, hearth lighting & housewarming blessing

安葬 Solemn funeral observances, burial ceremonies & memorial rites

破土 Breaking ground for ancestral tombs & sacred burial plots

祈福 Traditional prayers, offerings & blessing customs

会亲友 Hosting honored guests, convivial gatherings & family reunions

词讼 Resolving legal disputes, commercial arbitration & mediation

✦ Traditional Directions & Clashes

Day Clash & Direction Clash Pig (Ding-Hai) · Traditional caution marker: East

Traditional Direction Reference Joy reference: Southeast · Resource reference: South · Blessing reference: Northeast

Yang / Yin Nobles Yang Noble reference: Southeast · Yin Noble reference: East

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

✦ Traditional Favorable Markers Month Grace · Four Phases · Triple Harmony · Presence Day · Heavenly Joy · Heavenly Physician · Harmonious Union · Universal Protection

✦ Traditional Cautionary Markers Double Day · Vermilion Bird

Traditional Precepts Traditional saying: On Gui days: avoid litigation as the case favors the adversary · On Si days: avoid distant travel to protect assets

Phenology & Moon: Swallows Return · Evening Moon

Public almanac references standard classical activities.

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