Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 October 1949

Thursday

Lunar date
农历己丑年八月廿九
己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 甲戌 癸未
Nayin Willow Wood
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1949-10-24
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Receiving wealth · Catching pests · Hunting · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening for business · Burial

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Well · auspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
房床厕 外西北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · bù jiàng · yù yǔ

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · yuè xíng · wǔ xū · chù shuǐ lóng · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
01:00–02:59癸丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59甲寅Golden CofferWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
05:00–06:59乙卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59丙辰White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59戊午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59己未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59庚申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Hooked Array
19:00–20:59壬戌Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59癸亥Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
23:00–23:59甲子Azure DragonWeddings · 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
20 October 1949
Julian calendar
7 October 1949 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Jichou year (Ox), month 8, day 29
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4282, month 8, day 29
Hebrew calendar
27 Tishrei 5710 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
27 Dhu al-Hijjah 1368 AH
Ethiopian calendar
10 Tikimt 1942 EC
Coptic calendar
10 Paopi 1666 AM
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 24, October 20
Minguo calendar
20 October, Minguo 38
Maya calendars
12.16.15.16.7 6 Manik' 5 Yax
Aztec calendars
6 Mazatl (deer), 4 Nemontemi
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
18 Mechir, Peret (growth), year 2698 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
Nonae Oct., 2702 AUC