Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 September 1894

Saturday

Lunar date

农历甲午年八月初九

甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 癸酉癸丑

Nayin Mulberry Wood

Solar term today

White Dew

Pentad · hóng yàn lái

Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1894-09-23

Auspicious

Weddings · Making carts and tools · Installing machinery · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Travel · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Avoid

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Setting up carpentry trestles · Lawsuits · Digging channels

Clash: Goat · Sha direction east
Day god: Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Stable
Lunar mansion: Willow · inauspicious
Nine star: 五黄土
Fetus god: 房床厕外东北
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos: 癸不词讼理弱敌强丑不冠带主不还乡

Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · shí yīn · jīn táng

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · bā zhuān · chù shuǐ lóng · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	壬子	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	癸丑	Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59	甲寅	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
05:00–06:59	乙卯	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59	丙辰	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	丁巳	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
11:00–12:59	戊午	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
13:00–14:59	己未	Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59	庚申	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59	辛酉	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
19:00–20:59	壬戌	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59	癸亥	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59	甲子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · 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: 8 September 1894
Julian calendar: 27 August 1894 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiawu year (Horse), month 8, day 9
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4227, month 8, day 9
Hebrew calendar: 7 Elul 5654 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 8 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1312 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 17 Shahrivar 1273 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 4 Pagume 1886 EC
Coptic calendar: 4 Pi Kogi Enavot 1610 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 17 Bhadra 1816 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Meiji 27, September 8
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 8 September BE 2437
Minguo calendar: 8 September, 18 before Minguo
Maya calendars: 12.13.19.17.17 13 Kab'an 10 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 13 Ollin (movement), 9 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 23 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2643 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VI Kal. Sept., 2647 AUC