Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 September 1981

Sunday

Lunar date

农历辛酉年八月廿三

辛酉 (Xinyou) · Year of the Rooster · 丁酉辛丑

Nayin Earth on the Wall

Solar term

White Dew

Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū

Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1981-09-23

Auspicious

Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Receiving wealth · Building a granary · Building a privy · Planting · Raising livestock · Visiting family and friends

Avoid

Building a stove · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Digging channels · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings

Clash: Goat · Sha direction east
Day god: Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Stable
Lunar mansion: Room · auspicious
Nine star: 二黑土
Fetus god: 厨灶厕房内南
Directions: Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 辛不合酱主人不尝丑不冠带主不还乡
Folk taboo days: Monthly taboo day

Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · sān hé · shí yīn · jīn táng

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · wǔ mù · fù rì · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

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

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 1981
Julian calendar: 7 September 1981 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Xinyou year (Rooster), month 8, day 23
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4314, month 8, day 23
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Iron Rooster year, month 7, day 22
Hebrew calendar: 21 Elul 5741 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 21 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1401 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 29 Shahrivar 1360 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 10 Meskerem 1974 EC
Coptic calendar: 10 Thout 1698 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 29 Bhadra 1903 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 56, September 20
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 20 September BE 2524
Minguo calendar: 20 September, Minguo 70
Maya calendars: 12.18.8.5.5 3 Chikchan 3 Ch'en
Aztec calendars: 3 Coatl (serpent), 2 Tititl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 26 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2730 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VII Id. Sept., 2734 AUC