Times in UTC date Approaching Autumn Equinox White Tiger · Traditional cautionary marker (Black Path)

Lunar Month 8, Day 9 【Year of the Horse】

Year Bing-Wu Year

Month Ding-You Month

Day (Today) Bing-Shen Day

NaYin Foothill Fire

Duty Close Day Mansion Root (Di) Mansion

FIT

Traditional Calendar: Suitable Traditional calendar reference for timing and planning

Marriage & Betrothal Solemnizing marriages, betrothals & matrimonial covenants

Timber Harvesting Harvesting lumber, felling timber & forestry works

Funerary Rites & Interment Solemn funeral observances, burial ceremonies & memorial rites

Tomb Groundbreaking Breaking ground for ancestral tombs & sacred burial plots

Ancestral Tomb Restoration Restoring ancestral graves, family monuments & shrine upkeep

Memorial Inscription Erecting memorial monuments, ancestral steles & epitaphs

Space Cleansing & Purifying House cleaning, seasonal customs & renewal

Personal Grooming Personal styling, grooming rituals & hygienic rejuvenation

AVOID

Traditional Calendar: Avoid Traditional calendar note: exercise mindful restraint

Groundbreaking Groundbreaking ceremonies, foundation work & site excavation

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

Devotional Prayers Traditional prayers, offerings & blessing customs

Commercial Inauguration Grand inaugurations, commercial store openings & commencing trade

Traditional Consecration Traditional consecration ceremonies & object dedication

✦ Traditional Directions & Clashes

Day Clash & Direction Clash Tiger (Geng-Yin) · Traditional caution marker: South

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: Chen-Si

✦ Traditional Favorable Markers Royal Day · Celestial Steed · Wu Fu (Five Prosperities) · Sagely Heart · Chu Shen (Removal Marker) · Calling & Barking

✦ Traditional Cautionary Markers You Huo (Wandering Caution Marker) · Blood Branch · Earth Bag · Five Separations · White Tiger

Traditional Precepts Traditional saying: On Bing days: avoid repairing stoves to prevent domestic misfortune · On Shen days: avoid bed installation to prevent nocturnal disturbances

Phenology & Moon: Birds Store Provisions · Ninth Night 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 Traditional Consecration Contract Signing & Deeds Social Gatherings & Fellowship Space Cleansing & Purifying Personal Grooming Legal Advocacy & Mediation Quiet Reflection & Rest

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