Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 November 1857

Friday

Lunar date
农历丁巳年九月二十
丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 庚戌 戊戌
Nayin Wood on the Plain
Solar term
Frost's Descent
Pentad · zhé chóng xián fǔ
Next solar term · Start of Winter 1857-11-07
Auspicious

Building a stove · Building livestock pens

Avoid

Funeral procession · Burial

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Ox · inauspicious
Nine star
八白土
Fetus god
房床栖 房内中
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Folk taboo days
Four Endings (eve of a season's start)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · shǒu rì · tiān mǎ

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · fù rì · White Tiger · xiǎo huì · gū yáng

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Praying for children
01:00–02:59癸丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
03:00–04:59甲寅Controller of FateWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
05:00–06:59乙卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59丙辰Azure Dragon
09:00–10:59丁巳Bright HallWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Meeting dignitaries
11:00–12:59戊午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59己未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59庚申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
19:00–20:59壬戌White TigerWeddings · Burial · Praying for children
21:00–22:59癸亥Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59甲子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings

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
6 November 1857
Julian calendar
25 October 1857 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Dingsi year (Snake), month 9, day 20
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4190, month 9, day 20
Hebrew calendar
19 Heshvan 5618 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
18 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1274 AH
Ethiopian calendar
28 Tikimt 1850 EC
Coptic calendar
28 Paopi 1574 AM
Minguo calendar
6 November, 55 before Minguo
Maya calendars
12.12.2.11.2 13 Ik' 0 Yax
Aztec calendars
13 Ehecatl (wind), 19 Tititl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
13 Mechir, Peret (growth), year 2606 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. VIII Kal. Nov., 2610 AUC