Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 August 1993

Tuesday

Lunar date

农历癸酉年六月三十

癸酉 (Guiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 庚申庚午

Nayin Earth by the Road

Solar term

Start of Autumn

Pentad · hán chán míng

Next solar term · End of Heat 1993-08-23

Auspicious

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Consecrating sacred images · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Haircut · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Draining water · Digging channels · Planting · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Raising the ridge beam · Encoffining · Roofing · Visiting the sick · Building a stove · Installing doors · Burial · Acquiring livestock · Felling trees

Clash: Rat · Sha direction north
Day god: White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Encampment · auspicious
Nine star: 六白金
Fetus god: 占碓磨外正南
Directions: Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 庚不经络织机虚张午不苫盖屋主更张

Auspicious stars

tiān mǎ · shí yáng · shēng qì · yù yǔ · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · fù rì · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	丙子	Golden Coffer
01:00–02:59	丁丑	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59	戊寅	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59	己卯	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59	庚辰	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59	辛巳	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	壬午	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building a stove
13:00–14:59	癸未	Hooked Array	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59	甲申	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	乙酉	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
19:00–20:59	丙戌	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59	丁亥	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
23:00–23:59	戊子	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · 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: 17 August 1993
Julian calendar: 4 August 1993 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Guiyou year (Rooster), month 6, day 30
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4326, month 6, day 30
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Water Rooster year, month 6, day 30
Hebrew calendar: 30 Av 5753 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 28 Safar 1414 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 26 Mordad 1372 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 11 Nehase 1985 EC
Coptic calendar: 11 Mesori 1709 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 26 Shravana 1915 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 5, August 17
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 17 August BE 2536
Minguo calendar: 17 August, Minguo 82
Maya calendars: 12.19.0.6.14 10 Ix 12 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 10 Ocelotl (jaguar), 11 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 25 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2742 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: prid. Non. Aug., 2746 AUC