Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 September 1980

Saturday · Yom Kippur

Lunar date

农历庚申年八月十二

庚申 (Gengshen) · Year of the Monkey · 乙酉丙申

Nayin Fire below the Mountain

Solar term

White Dew

Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū

Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1980-09-23

Auspicious

Weddings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Cleansing and exorcism · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Ritual bathing · Felling trees · Setting up carpentry trestles · Making beams · Installing doors · Cleaning the house · Making a coffin in advance · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial · Erecting a tombstone · Repairing tombs

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Opening for business · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground

Clash: Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god: White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Close
Lunar mansion: Root · inauspicious
Nine star: 七赤金
Fetus god: 厨灶炉房内北
Directions: Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丙不修灶必见灾殃申不安床鬼祟入房

Auspicious stars

wáng rì · tiān mǎ · wǔ fù · shèng xīn · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yóu huò · xuè zhī · dì náng · wǔ lí · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	戊子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	己丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	庚寅	Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59	辛卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
07:00–08:59	壬辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59	癸巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
11:00–12:59	甲午	White Tiger	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59	乙未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	丙申	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
17:00–18:59	丁酉	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
19:00–20:59	戊戌	Controller of Fate	Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59	己亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
23:00–23:59	庚子	Controller of Fate	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods

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 1980
Julian calendar: 7 September 1980 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengshen year (Monkey), month 8, day 12
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4313, month 8, day 12
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Iron Monkey year, month 8, day 11
Hebrew calendar: 10 Tishrei 5741 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 10 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1400 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 29 Shahrivar 1359 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 10 Meskerem 1973 EC
Coptic calendar: 10 Thout 1697 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 29 Bhadra 1902 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 55, September 20
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 20 September BE 2523
Minguo calendar: 20 September, Minguo 69
Maya calendars: 12.18.7.5.0 2 Ajaw 3 Ch'en
Aztec calendars: 2 Xochitl (flower), 2 Tititl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 26 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2729 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VII Id. Sept., 2733 AUC