Chinese almanac (Huangli), 7 July 1956

Saturday

Lunar date

农历丙申年五月廿九

丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 乙未乙亥

Nayin Fire on the Mountain

Solar term today

Minor Heat

Pentad · wēn fēng zhì

Next solar term · Major Heat 1956-07-23

Auspicious

Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground

Avoid

Weddings · Breaking ground for a grave · Buying property · Planting · Burial · Repairing tombs · Funeral procession

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Stable
Lunar mansion: Girl · inauspicious
Nine star: 七赤金
Fetus god: 碓磨床外西南
Directions: Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos: 乙不栽植千株不长亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Auspicious stars

yīn dé · sān hé · shí yīn · liù yí · yù yǔ · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sǐ qì · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	丙子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59	丁丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59	戊寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59	己卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59	庚辰	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59	辛巳	Hooked Array
11:00–12:59	壬午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59	癸未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	甲申	Heavenly Punishment	Travel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59	乙酉	Vermilion Bird
19:00–20:59	丙戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	丁亥	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
23:00–23:59	戊子	Golden Coffer	Travel · Taking up a post · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods

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: 7 July 1956
Julian calendar: 24 June 1956 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingshen year (Monkey), month 5, day 29
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4289, month 5, day 29
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Fire Monkey year, month 5, day 29
Hebrew calendar: 28 Tammuz 5716 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 28 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1375 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 16 Tir 1335 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 30 Sene 1948 EC
Coptic calendar: 30 Paoni 1672 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 16 Ashadha 1878 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 31, July 7
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 7 July BE 2499
Minguo calendar: 7 July, Minguo 45
Maya calendars: 12.17.2.12.19 1 Kawak 2 Sek
Aztec calendars: 1 Quiahuitl (rain), 1 Tepeilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 5 Athyr, Akhet (inundation), year 2705 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VIII Kal. Iul., 2709 AUC