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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 28 October 1977

Friday

Lunar date
农历丁巳年九月十六
丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 庚戌 戊午
Nayin Fire in the Sky
Solar term
Frost's Descent
Pentad · cǎo mù huáng luò
Next solar term · Start of Winter 1977-11-07
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Opening for business · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Placing the bed

Avoid

Acquiring livestock · Felling trees · Buying property · Making beams · Funeral procession · Burial · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Ox · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
房床碓 外正东
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · yào ān

Inauspicious stars

sì hào · fù rì · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59癸丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
03:00–04:59甲寅White TigerWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
05:00–06:59乙卯Jade HallTravel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59丁巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59戊午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59己未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59庚申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59辛酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
21:00–22:59癸亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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
28 October 1977
Julian calendar
15 October 1977 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Dingsi year (Snake), month 9, day 16
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4310, month 9, day 16
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 16, Fire Snake year, month 9, day 17
Hebrew calendar
16 Heshvan 5738 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
15 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1397 AH
Ethiopian calendar
18 Tikimt 1970 EC
Coptic calendar
18 Paopi 1694 AM
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 52, October 28
Minguo calendar
28 October, Minguo 66
Maya calendars
12.18.4.6.2 10 Ik' 0 Sak'
Aztec calendars
10 Ehecatl (wind), 14 Izcalli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
3 Phamenoth, Peret (growth), year 2726 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
Idus Oct., 2730 AUC