Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 September 1991

Saturday · Mawlid (Prophet's Birthday)

Lunar date

农历辛未年八月十四

辛未 (Xinwei) · Year of the Goat · 丁酉甲午

Nayin Gold in the Sand

Solar term

White Dew

Pentad · qún niǎo yǎng xiū

Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 1991-09-23

Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Haircut · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Building a stove · Moving a coffin · Coming-of-age ceremony · Visiting family and friends

Avoid

Opening granaries · Shipping goods · Felling trees · Acquiring livestock · Opening for business · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Planting

Clash: Rat · Sha direction north
Day god: Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Receive
Lunar mansion: Stomach · 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
Folk taboo days: Monthly taboo day

Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · bù jiàng · fú shēng · Golden Coffer · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · tiān zéi · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	甲子	Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Heavenly Virtue	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
03:00–04:59	丙寅	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Fasting and Taoist rites
09:00–10:59	己巳	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
11:00–12:59	庚午	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59	辛未	Hooked Array	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59	壬申	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59	癸酉	Bright Hall	Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59	甲戌	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59	丙子	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · 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: 21 September 1991
Julian calendar: 8 September 1991 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Xinwei year (Goat), month 8, day 14
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4324, month 8, day 14
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Goat year, month 8, day 13
Hebrew calendar: 13 Tishrei 5752 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 12 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1412 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 30 Shahrivar 1370 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 10 Meskerem 1984 EC
Coptic calendar: 10 Thout 1708 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 30 Bhadra 1913 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 3, September 21
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 21 September BE 2534
Minguo calendar: 21 September, Minguo 80
Maya calendars: 12.18.18.7.18 3 Etz'nab' 6 Ch'en
Aztec calendars: 3 Tecpatl (flint), 5 Tititl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 29 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2740 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VI Id. Sept., 2744 AUC