Times in UTC date Approaching Autumn Equinox Golden Lock · Traditional favorable marker (Yellow Path)

Lunar Month 8, Day 7 【Year of the Horse】

Year Bing-Wu Year

Month Ding-You Month

Day (Today) Jia-Wu Day

NaYin Gold in the Sand

Duty Harvest Day Mansion Horn (Jiao) Mansion

FIT

Traditional Calendar: Suitable Traditional calendar reference for timing and planning

嫁娶 Solemnizing marriages, betrothals & matrimonial covenants

安葬 Solemn funeral observances, burial ceremonies & memorial rites

祭祀 Ancestral remembrance & ceremonial worship customs

会亲友 Hosting honored guests, convivial gatherings & family reunions

理发 Personal styling, grooming rituals & hygienic rejuvenation

AVOID

Traditional Calendar: Avoid Traditional calendar note: exercise mindful restraint

伐木 Harvesting lumber, felling timber & forestry works

修造 Structural remodeling, home carpentry & architectural repairs

破土 Breaking ground for ancestral tombs & sacred burial plots

开市 Grand inaugurations, commercial store openings & commencing trade

✦ Traditional Directions & Clashes

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

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

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

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

✦ Traditional Favorable Markers Month Void · Harmonious Union · 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 Jia days: avoid opening granaries to prevent depletion of wealth · On Wu days: avoid roofing houses to prevent structural loss

Phenology & Moon: Birds Store Provisions · First Quarter Moon

Public almanac references standard classical activities.

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