Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 23 August 1919

Saturday

Lunar date
农历己未年七月廿八
己未 (Jiwei) · Year of the Goat · 壬申 丁未
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · hán chán míng
Next solar term · End of Heat 1919-08-24
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Moving house · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Roofing · Consecrating sacred images · Haircut · Building boats · Digging wells · Building a stove

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Girl · inauspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
仓库厕 房内东
Directions
Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丁不剃头头必生疮 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · mǔ cāng · jīn táng · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · bā fēng · bā zhuān

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Heavenly Punishment
01:00–02:59辛丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59壬寅Golden Coffer
05:00–06:59癸卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59甲辰White TigerWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
09:00–10:59乙巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59丙午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59戊申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59己酉Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59庚戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59辛亥Bright HallTravel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59壬子Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed

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
23 August 1919
Julian calendar
10 August 1919 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Jiwei year (Goat), month 7, day 28
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4252, month 7, day 28
Hebrew calendar
27 Av 5679 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
26 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1337 AH
Ethiopian calendar
17 Nehase 1911 EC
Coptic calendar
17 Mesori 1635 AM
Japanese era calendar
Taishō 8, August 23
Minguo calendar
23 August, Minguo 8
Maya calendars
12.15.5.5.11 1 Chuwen 19 Xul
Aztec calendars
1 Ozomahtli (monkey), 18 Quecholli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
12 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2668 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. IV Id. Aug., 2672 AUC