Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 September 1894

Monday

Lunar date

农历甲午年八月初四

甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 壬申戊申

Nayin Earth of the Highway

Solar term

End of Heat

Pentad · hé nǎi dēng

Next solar term · White Dew 1894-09-08

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Moving house · Installing doors · Receiving wealth · Raising livestock · Acquiring livestock · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial · Encoffining

Avoid

Breaking ground for a grave · Buying property · Digging wells · Breaking ground · Placing the bed

Clash: Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god: Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Establish
Lunar mansion: Net · auspicious
Nine star: 一白水
Fetus god: 房床炉房内中
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos: 戊不受田田主不祥申不安床鬼祟入房

Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · tiān shè · wáng rì · tiān cāng · bù jiàng

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · wǔ lí · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

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

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 1894
Julian calendar: 22 August 1894 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiawu year (Horse), month 8, day 4
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4227, month 8, day 4
Hebrew calendar: 2 Elul 5654 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 3 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1312 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 12 Shahrivar 1273 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 29 Nehase 1886 EC
Coptic calendar: 29 Mesori 1610 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 12 Bhadra 1816 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Meiji 27, September 3
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 3 September BE 2437
Minguo calendar: 3 September, 18 before Minguo
Maya calendars: 12.13.19.17.12 8 Eb' 5 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 8 Malinalli (grass), 4 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 18 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2643 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XI Kal. Sept., 2647 AUC