Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 September 1887

Saturday

Lunar date

农历丁亥年七月十六

丁亥 (Dinghai) · Year of the Pig · 戊申辛未

Nayin Earth by the Road

Solar term

End of Heat

Pentad · hé nǎi dēng

Next solar term · White Dew 1887-09-08

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Making beams · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Moving a coffin · Building livestock pens

Avoid

Weddings · Moving into a new home · Fasting and Taoist rites · Consecrating sacred images · Acupuncture and moxibustion · Digging wells

Clash: Ox · Sha direction west
Day god: Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Close
Lunar mansion: Girl · inauspicious
Nine star: 五黄土
Fetus god: 厨灶厕外西南
Directions: Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 辛不合酱主人不尝未不服药毒气入肠

Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · jīn táng · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · tiān zéi · wǔ xū

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	戊子	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59	己丑	Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59	庚寅	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
05:00–06:59	辛卯	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59	壬辰	White Tiger	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59	癸巳	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59	甲午	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59	乙未	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59	丙申	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	丁酉	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59	戊戌	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59	己亥	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
23:00–23:59	庚子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · 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: 3 September 1887
Julian calendar: 22 August 1887 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dinghai year (Pig), month 7, day 16
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4220, month 7, day 16
Hebrew calendar: 14 Elul 5647 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 14 Dhu al-Hijjah 1304 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 12 Shahrivar 1266 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 29 Nehase 1879 EC
Coptic calendar: 29 Mesori 1603 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 12 Bhadra 1809 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Meiji 20, September 3
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 3 September BE 2430
Minguo calendar: 3 September, 25 before Minguo
Maya calendars: 12.13.12.15.15 12 Men 3 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 12 Cuauhtli (eagle), 2 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 16 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2636 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XI Kal. Sept., 2640 AUC