Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 October 1968

Thursday

Lunar date
农历戊申年八月十二
戊申 (Wushen) · Year of the Monkey · 辛酉 丙午
Nayin Water of the Milky Way
Solar term
Autumn Equinox
Pentad · shuǐ shǐ hé
Next solar term · Cold Dew 1968-10-08
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Catching pests · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Weddings · Opening for business · Roofing · Making beams · Making a coffin in advance

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
厨灶碓 房内东
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

fú shēng · Golden Coffer · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · tiān zéi · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59己丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
03:00–04:59庚寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59辛卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59壬辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
09:00–10:59癸巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59丙申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59戊戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59己亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59庚子Heavenly Punishment

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
3 October 1968
Julian calendar
20 September 1968 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Wushen year (Monkey), month 8, day 12
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4301, month 8, day 12
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 16, Earth Monkey year, month 8, day 12
Hebrew calendar
11 Tishrei 5729 AM
Ethiopian calendar
23 Meskerem 1961 EC
Coptic calendar
23 Thout 1685 AM
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 43, October 3
Minguo calendar
3 October, Minguo 57
Maya calendars
12.17.15.2.10 13 Ok 13 Ch'en
Aztec calendars
13 Itzcuintli (dog), 12 Tititl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
6 Mechir, Peret (growth), year 2717 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. XII Kal. Oct., 2721 AUC