Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 October 1990

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历庚午年八月廿九
庚午 (Gengwu) · Year of the Horse · 丙戌 乙卯
Nayin Water of the Great Stream
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · què rù dà shuǐ wèi há
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 1990-10-24
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Preparing one's own tomb · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Avoid everything else

Avoid

—

Clash
Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
碓磨门 外正东
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 卯不穿井水泉不香
Auspicious stars

liù hé · shèng xīn · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · sì fèi · wǔ xū · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
01:00–02:59丁丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59己卯Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
11:00–12:59壬午Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59癸未Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59甲申White TigerWeddings · Travel · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Jade Hall
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

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 1990
Julian calendar
4 October 1990 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Gengwu year (Horse), month 8, day 29
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4323, month 8, day 29
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Iron Horse year, month 8, day 29
Hebrew calendar
28 Tishrei 5751 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
27 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1411 AH
Ethiopian calendar
7 Tikimt 1983 EC
Coptic calendar
7 Paopi 1707 AM
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 2, October 17
Minguo calendar
17 October, Minguo 79
Maya calendars
12.18.17.8.19 2 Kawak 12 Yax
Aztec calendars
2 Quiahuitl (rain), 6 Izcalli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
25 Mechir, Peret (growth), year 2739 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. IV Non. Oct., 2743 AUC