Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 September 1878

Sunday

Lunar date
农历戊寅年八月十二
戊寅 (Wuyin) · Year of the Tiger · 辛酉 己丑
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term today
White Dew
Pentad · hóng yàn lái
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1878-09-23
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Burial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

—

Clash
Goat · Sha direction east
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Room · auspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
占门厕 外正北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 丑不冠带主不还乡
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · sān hé · shí yīn · jīn táng

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
03:00–04:59丙寅Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59戊辰White Tiger
09:00–10:59己巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59辛未Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59壬申Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59癸酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59甲戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59乙亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59丙子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home

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
8 September 1878
Julian calendar
27 August 1878 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Wuyin year (Tiger), month 8, day 12
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4211, month 8, day 12
Hebrew calendar
10 Elul 5638 AM
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
17 Shahrivar 1257 SH
Ethiopian calendar
4 Pagume 1870 EC
Coptic calendar
4 Pi Kogi Enavot 1594 AM
Japanese era calendar
Meiji 11, September 8
Minguo calendar
8 September, 34 before Minguo
Maya calendars
12.13.3.13.13 6 B'en 6 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars
6 Acatl (reed), 5 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
19 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2627 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. VI Kal. Sept., 2631 AUC