Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 September 1978
Wednesday
Lunar date
农历戊午年八月十八
戊午 (Wuwu) · Year of the Horse · 辛酉 乙酉
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term
White Dew
Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū
Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1978-09-23
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Cleaning the house · Avoid everything else
Avoid
Nothing is favourable
- Clash
- Rabbit · Sha direction east
- Day god
- Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
- Day officer
- Establish
- Lunar mansion
- Chariot · auspicious
- Nine star
- 九紫火
- Fetus god
- 碓磨门 外西北
- Directions
- Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 乙不栽植千株不长 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
- Folk taboo days
- Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars
yuè dé hé · guān rì · liù yí · yì hòu · chú shén · Jade Hall · míng fèi
Inauspicious stars
yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yuè xíng · yàn duì · zhāo yáo · wǔ lí
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Controller of Fate | Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Hooked Array | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Bright Hall | |
| 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings |
| 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Heavenly Virtue | Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods |
| 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | White Tiger | Travel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth |
| 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business |
| 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial |
| 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Prison | Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth |
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
- 20 September 1978
- Julian calendar
- 7 September 1978 (Julian)
- Chinese calendar (Nongli)
- Wuwu year (Horse), month 8, day 18
- Korean calendar (Dangi)
- Dangi 4311, month 8, day 18
- Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
- Rabjung 16, Earth Horse year, month 7, day 19
- Hebrew calendar
- 18 Elul 5738 AM
- Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
- 17 Shawwal 1398 AH
- Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
- 29 Shahrivar 1357 SH
- Ethiopian calendar
- 10 Meskerem 1971 EC
- Coptic calendar
- 10 Thout 1695 AM
- Indian national calendar (Saka)
- 29 Bhadra 1900 Saka
- Japanese era calendar
- Shōwa 53, September 20
- Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era)
- 20 September BE 2521
- Minguo calendar
- 20 September, Minguo 67
- Maya calendars
- 12.18.5.4.9 12 Muluk 2 Ch'en
- Aztec calendars
- 12 Atl (water), 1 Tititl
- Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
- 25 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2727 of Nabonassar
- Roman calendar
- a.d. VII Id. Sept., 2731 AUC