Chinese almanac (Huangli), 14 September 1889

Saturday

Lunar date

农历己丑年八月二十

己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 癸酉癸巳

Nayin Long-Flowing Water

Solar term

White Dew

Pentad · xuán niǎo guī

Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1889-09-23

Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Hanging a signboard · Planting · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Demolition · Breaking ground · Placing the bed

Avoid

Weddings · Breaking ground for a grave · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Acquiring livestock · Lawsuits · Burial

Clash: Pig · Sha direction east
Day god: Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Success
Lunar mansion: Willow · inauspicious
Nine star: 一白水
Fetus god: 占房床房内北
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos: 癸不词讼理弱敌强巳不远行财物伏藏

Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · bù jiàng · pǔ hù

Inauspicious stars

chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

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

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: 14 September 1889
Julian calendar: 2 September 1889 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jichou year (Ox), month 8, day 20
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4222, month 8, day 20
Hebrew calendar: 18 Elul 5649 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 18 Muharram 1307 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 23 Shahrivar 1268 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 5 Meskerem 1882 EC
Coptic calendar: 5 Thout 1606 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 23 Bhadra 1811 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Meiji 22, September 14
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 14 September BE 2432
Minguo calendar: 14 September, 23 before Minguo
Maya calendars: 12.13.14.16.17 13 Kab'an 15 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 13 Ollin (movement), 14 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 28 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2638 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. IV Non. Sept., 2642 AUC