Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 June 1959

Wednesday · Eid al-Adha

Lunar date
农历己亥年五月十二
己亥 (Jihai) · Year of the Pig · 庚午 庚午
Nayin Earth by the Road
Solar term
Grain in Ear
Pentad · fǎn shé wú shēng
Next solar term · Summer Solstice 1959-06-22
Auspicious

Travel · Training oxen and horses · Harvesting honey · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Fasting and Taoist rites · Roofing · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
占碓磨 外正南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

yáng dé · guān rì · jīn táng · Controller of Fate · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yuè xíng · yuè yàn · dì huǒ · tǔ fú

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59丁丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59己卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building a stove
13:00–14:59癸未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59甲申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59乙酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home

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
17 June 1959
Julian calendar
4 June 1959 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Jihai year (Pig), month 5, day 12
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4292, month 5, day 12
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 16, Earth Pig year, month 5, day 11
Hebrew calendar
11 Sivan 5719 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
10 Dhu al-Hijjah 1378 AH
Ethiopian calendar
10 Sene 1951 EC
Coptic calendar
10 Paoni 1675 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
27 Jyeshtha 1881 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 34, June 17
Minguo calendar
17 June, Minguo 48
Maya calendars
12.17.5.12.14 10 Ix 2 Sotz'
Aztec calendars
10 Ocelotl (jaguar), 1 Teotleco
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
15 Phaophi, Akhet (inundation), year 2708 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
prid. Non. Iun., 2712 AUC