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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 22 October 1985

Tuesday · Double Ninth Festival

Lunar date
农历乙丑年九月初九
乙丑 (Yichou) · Year of the Ox · 丙戌 甲午
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1985-10-23
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Travel · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Weddings · Demolition · Building and repairs · Placing the bed · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Encoffining · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Taking up a post · Visiting family and friends · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving house · Raising the ridge beam · Setting up the loom · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth

Avoid

Opening granaries · Coming-of-age ceremony · Felling trees · Making beams

Clash
Rat · Sha direction north
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Success
Lunar mansion
Encampment · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
占门碓 房内北
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 午不苫盖屋主更张
Auspicious stars

sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · tiān cāng · yào ān · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59乙丑Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
03:00–04:59丙寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites
09:00–10:59己巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
11:00–12:59庚午Controller of FateWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59辛未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59壬申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59癸酉Bright HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59丙子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
22 October 1985
Julian calendar
9 October 1985 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Yichou year (Ox), month 9, day 9
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4318, month 9, day 9
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Wood Ox year, month 9, day 9
Hebrew calendar
7 Heshvan 5746 AM
Ethiopian calendar
12 Tikimt 1978 EC
Coptic calendar
12 Paopi 1702 AM
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 60, October 22
Minguo calendar
22 October, Minguo 74
Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
1 Tecpatl (flint), 10 Izcalli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
29 Mechir, Peret (growth), year 2734 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. VII Id. Oct., 2738 AUC