Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 September 1884

Friday

Lunar date

农历甲申年七月十六

甲申 (Jiashen) · Year of the Monkey · 壬申戊午

Nayin Fire in the Sky

Solar term

End of Heat

Pentad · hé nǎi dēng

Next solar term · White Dew 1884-09-07

Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Placing the bed · Planting · Moving a coffin · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Visiting family and friends · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Roofing · Encoffining · Burial · Felling trees · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Buying property · Acquiring livestock

Clash: Rat · Sha direction north
Day god: White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Ox · inauspicious
Nine star: 九紫火
Fetus god: 房床碓外正东
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos: 戊不受田田主不祥午不苫盖屋主更张

Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · tiān mǎ · shí yáng · shēng qì · bù jiàng · yù yǔ

Inauspicious stars

sì hào · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	壬子	Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59	癸丑	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
03:00–04:59	甲寅	White Tiger	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
05:00–06:59	乙卯	Jade Hall	Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59	丙辰	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59	丁巳	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59	戊午	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59	己未	Hooked Array	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59	庚申	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59	辛酉	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	壬戌	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
21:00–22:59	癸亥	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59	甲子	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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: 5 September 1884
Julian calendar: 24 August 1884 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiashen year (Monkey), month 7, day 16
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4217, month 7, day 16
Hebrew calendar: 15 Elul 5644 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 14 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1301 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 15 Shahrivar 1263 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 1 Pagume 1876 EC
Coptic calendar: 1 Pi Kogi Enavot 1600 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 14 Bhadra 1806 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Meiji 17, September 5
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 5 September BE 2427
Minguo calendar: 5 September, 28 before Minguo
Maya calendars: 12.13.9.15.2 11 Ik' 5 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 11 Ehecatl (wind), 4 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 18 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2633 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. IX Kal. Sept., 2637 AUC