Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 October 1850

Wednesday · Day of Arafah

Lunar date
农历庚戌年九月十二
庚戌 (Gengxu) · Year of the Dog · 丙戌 庚子
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1850-10-24
Auspicious

Consecrating sacred images · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Visiting family and friends · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial

Avoid

Opening for business · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
占碓磨 房内南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · shí dé · mín rì · tiān wū · fú dé · pǔ hù · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · sì jì · jiǔ hǔ · dà shà · guī jì · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59己卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59辛巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59癸未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59甲申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59乙酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

The almanac (huangli) is a Chinese folk tradition. Its rules come from historical texts such as the Xieji Bianfang Shu (1739); it is shown here as cultural heritage, not as a prediction or advice.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar
16 October 1850
Julian calendar
4 October 1850 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Gengxu year (Dog), month 9, day 12
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4183, month 9, day 11
Hebrew calendar
10 Heshvan 5611 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
9 Dhu al-Hijjah 1266 AH
Ethiopian calendar
7 Tikimt 1843 EC
Coptic calendar
7 Paopi 1567 AM
Minguo calendar
16 October, 62 before Minguo
Maya calendars
12.11.15.8.4 9 K'an 17 Mol
Aztec calendars
9 Cuetzpalin (lizard), 16 Atemoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
20 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2599 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. IV Non. Oct., 2603 AUC