Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 October 1993

Saturday

Lunar date
农历癸酉年八月十七
癸酉 (Guiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 辛酉 丙辰
Nayin Earth in the Sand
Solar term
Autumn Equinox
Pentad · zhé chóng pī hù
Next solar term · Cold Dew 1993-10-08
Auspicious

Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Installing doors · Laying foundations · Erecting pillars · Setting column bases · Digging ponds · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Signing contracts · Breaking ground for a grave

Avoid

Weddings · Building temples · Building bridges · Building boats · Building a stove · Burial

Clash
Dog · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Root · inauspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
厨灶栖 外正东
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · liù hé · jìng ān

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · sì jī · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59己丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
03:00–04:59庚寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
05:00–06:59辛卯Hooked Array
07:00–08:59壬辰Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59甲午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
13:00–14:59乙未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59丙申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59戊戌White Tiger
21:00–22:59己亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59庚子White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · 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
2 October 1993
Julian calendar
19 September 1993 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Guiyou year (Rooster), month 8, day 17
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4326, month 8, day 17
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Water Rooster year, month 8, day 17
Hebrew calendar
17 Tishrei 5754 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
15 Rabiʿ al-Thani 1414 AH
Ethiopian calendar
22 Meskerem 1986 EC
Coptic calendar
22 Thout 1710 AM
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 5, October 2
Minguo calendar
2 October, Minguo 82
Maya calendars
12.19.0.9.0 4 Ajaw 18 Ch'en
Aztec calendars
4 Xochitl (flower), 17 Tititl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
11 Mechir, Peret (growth), year 2742 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. XIII Kal. Oct., 2746 AUC