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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 September 1884

Saturday · Rosh Hashanah

Lunar date
农历甲申年八月初二
甲申 (Jiashen) · Year of the Monkey · 癸酉 癸酉
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1884-09-22
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Putting on mourning clothes · Removing mourning clothes · Ritual bathing · Encoffining

Avoid

Breaking ground · Coming-of-age ceremony · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Willow · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
房床门 外西南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · sì xiāng · guān rì · liù yí · yì hòu · chú shén · chú shén · Jade Hall · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yuè xíng · yàn duì · zhāo yáo · wǔ lí

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59癸丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
03:00–04:59甲寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children
11:00–12:59戊午Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Building and repairs
13:00–14:59己未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59庚申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59癸亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · 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
20 September 1884
Julian calendar
8 September 1884 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Jiashen year (Monkey), month 8, day 2
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4217, month 8, day 1
Hebrew calendar
1 Tishrei 5645 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
29 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1301 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
30 Shahrivar 1263 SH
Ethiopian calendar
11 Meskerem 1877 EC
Coptic calendar
11 Thout 1601 AM
Japanese era calendar
Meiji 17, September 20
Minguo calendar
20 September, 28 before Minguo
Maya calendars
12.13.9.15.17 13 Kab'an 0 Mol
Aztec calendars
13 Ollin (movement), 19 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
3 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2633 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. VI Id. Sept., 2637 AUC