Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 September 1957

Wednesday

Lunar date

农历丁酉年八月廿五

丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 己酉癸巳

Nayin Long-Flowing Water

Solar term

White Dew

Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū

Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1957-09-23

Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Hanging a signboard · Planting · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Demolition · Breaking ground · Placing the bed

Avoid

Weddings · Breaking ground for a grave · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Acquiring livestock · Lawsuits · Burial

Clash: Pig · Sha direction east
Day god: Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Success
Lunar mansion: Chariot · auspicious
Nine star: 一白水
Fetus god: 占房床房内北
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos: 癸不词讼理弱敌强巳不远行财物伏藏

Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · bù jiàng · pǔ hù

Inauspicious stars

chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	壬子	White Tiger	Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59	癸丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	甲寅	Heavenly Prison
05:00–06:59	乙卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59	丙辰	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	丁巳	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59	戊午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59	己未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	庚申	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	辛酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59	壬戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	癸亥	Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59	甲子	Golden Coffer

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: 18 September 1957
Julian calendar: 5 September 1957 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingyou year (Rooster), month 8, day 25
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4290, month 8, day 25
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Fire Rooster year, month 7, day 24
Hebrew calendar: 22 Elul 5717 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 23 Safar 1377 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 27 Shahrivar 1336 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 8 Meskerem 1950 EC
Coptic calendar: 8 Thout 1674 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 27 Bhadra 1879 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 32, September 18
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 18 September BE 2500
Minguo calendar: 18 September, Minguo 46
Maya calendars: 12.17.3.16.17 10 Kab'an 15 Mol
Aztec calendars: 10 Ollin (movement), 14 Atemoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 18 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2706 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: Nonae Sept., 2710 AUC