Chinese almanac (Huangli), 27 July 1953

Monday

Lunar date

农历癸巳年六月十七

癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 己未己卯

Nayin Earth on the City Wall

Solar term

Major Heat

Pentad · fǔ cǎo wèi yíng

Next solar term · Start of Autumn 1953-08-08

Auspicious

Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Cleansing and exorcism · Demolition · Breaking ground · Building and repairs · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial

Avoid

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Clash: Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god: Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Success
Lunar mansion: Extended Net · auspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
Fetus god: 占大门外正西
Directions: Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos: 己不破券二比并亡卯不穿井水泉不香

Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · jìng ān · wǔ hé · bǎo guāng

Inauspicious stars

dà shà · fù rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	甲子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Hooked Array	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59	丙寅	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Bright Hall	Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59	己巳	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	庚午	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
13:00–14:59	辛未	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	壬申	White Tiger	Weddings · Burial · Praying for children
17:00–18:59	癸酉	Jade Hall
19:00–20:59	甲戌	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59	丙子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · 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: 27 July 1953
Julian calendar: 14 July 1953 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Guisi year (Snake), month 6, day 17
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4286, month 6, day 17
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Water Snake year, month 6, day 16
Hebrew calendar: 15 Av 5713 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 16 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1372 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 5 Mordad 1332 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 20 Hamle 1945 EC
Coptic calendar: 20 Epip 1669 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 5 Shravana 1875 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 28, July 27
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 27 July BE 2496
Minguo calendar: 27 July, Minguo 42
Maya calendars: 12.16.19.13.3 4 Ak'b'al 1 Xul
Aztec calendars: 4 Calli (house), 20 Tepeilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 24 Athyr, Akhet (inundation), year 2702 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: prid. Id. Iul., 2706 AUC