Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 October 1980

Friday · Double Ninth Festival

Lunar date

农历庚申年九月初九

庚申 (Gengshen) · Year of the Monkey · 丙戌癸亥

Nayin Water of the Great Sea

Solar term

Cold Dew

Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há

Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1980-10-23

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Haircut · Felling trees · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Raising the ridge beam · Closing the roof ridge · Placing the bed · Building livestock pens

Avoid

Weddings · Burial · Funeral procession · Lawsuits · Building bridges · Building a stove · Breaking ground for a grave · Breaking ground

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Remove
Lunar mansion: Neck · inauspicious
Nine star: 七赤金
Fetus god: 占房床外东南
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos: 癸不词讼理弱敌强亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Auspicious stars

sì xiāng · xiàng rì · jí qī · wǔ fù · jìng ān · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · wǔ xū · tǔ fú · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	壬子	White Tiger	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59	癸丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	甲寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59	乙卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59	丙辰	Controller of Fate	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
09:00–10:59	丁巳	Hooked Array
11:00–12:59	戊午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59	己未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	庚申	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
17:00–18:59	辛酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	壬戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	癸亥	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59	甲子	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · 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: 17 October 1980
Julian calendar: 4 October 1980 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengshen year (Monkey), month 9, day 9
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4313, month 9, day 9
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Iron Monkey year, month 9, day 8
Hebrew calendar: 7 Heshvan 5741 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 8 Dhu al-Hijjah 1400 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 25 Mehr 1359 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 7 Tikimt 1973 EC
Coptic calendar: 7 Paopi 1697 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 25 Ashvin 1902 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 55, October 17
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 17 October BE 2523
Minguo calendar: 17 October, Minguo 69
Maya calendars: 12.18.7.6.7 3 Manik' 10 Yax
Aztec calendars: 3 Mazatl (deer), 4 Izcalli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 23 Mechir, Peret (growth), year 2729 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. IV Non. Oct., 2733 AUC