Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 September 1974

Tuesday

Lunar date

农历甲寅年七月十七

甲寅 (Jiayin) · Year of the Tiger · 壬申丁未

Nayin Water of the Milky Way

Solar term

End of Heat

Pentad · hé nǎi dēng

Next solar term · White Dew 1974-09-08

Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Moving house · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Roofing · Consecrating sacred images · Haircut · Building boats · Digging wells · Building a stove

Clash: Ox · Sha direction west
Day god: Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Close
Lunar mansion: Tail · auspicious
Nine star: 二黑土
Fetus god: 仓库厕房内东
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮未不服药毒气入肠

Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · mǔ cāng · jīn táng · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · bā fēng · bā zhuān

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Heavenly Punishment
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Golden Coffer
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59	甲辰	White Tiger	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	丙午	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59	戊申	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59	己酉	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Bright Hall	Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59	壬子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed

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 September 1974
Julian calendar: 21 August 1974 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiayin year (Tiger), month 7, day 17
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4307, month 7, day 17
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Wood Tiger year, month 7, day 17
Hebrew calendar: 16 Elul 5734 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 16 Shaʿban 1394 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 12 Shahrivar 1353 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 28 Nehase 1966 EC
Coptic calendar: 28 Mesori 1690 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 12 Bhadra 1896 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 49, September 3
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 3 September BE 2517
Minguo calendar: 3 September, Minguo 63
Maya calendars: 12.18.1.2.11 3 Chuwen 4 Mol
Aztec calendars: 3 Ozomahtli (monkey), 3 Atemoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 7 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2723 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XII Kal. Sept., 2727 AUC