Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 August 1997

Monday

Lunar date

农历丁丑年七月十六

丁丑 (Dingchou) · Year of the Ox · 戊申壬辰

Nayin Long-Flowing Water

Solar term

Start of Autumn

Pentad · hán chán míng

Next solar term · End of Heat 1997-08-23

Auspicious

Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Cleansing and exorcism · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Draining water · Building a granary · Opening for business · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Preparing one's own tomb · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial

Avoid

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Clash: Dog · Sha direction south
Day god: Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Success
Lunar mansion: Net · auspicious
Nine star: 八白土
Fetus god: 仓库栖外正北
Directions: Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 壬不泱水更难提防辰不哭泣必主重丧

Auspicious stars

yuè dé · mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · xù shì · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sì jī · dà shà · xuè jì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59	丙午	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59	戊申	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	己酉	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	庚戌	White Tiger
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59	壬子	White Tiger	Weddings · Burial · Praying for children · Seeking wealth

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: 18 August 1997
Julian calendar: 5 August 1997 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingchou year (Ox), month 7, day 16
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4330, month 7, day 16
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Ox year, month 6, day 15
Hebrew calendar: 15 Av 5757 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 14 Rabiʿ al-Thani 1418 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 27 Mordad 1376 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 12 Nehase 1989 EC
Coptic calendar: 12 Mesori 1713 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 27 Shravana 1919 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 9, August 18
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 18 August BE 2540
Minguo calendar: 18 August, Minguo 86
Maya calendars: 12.19.4.7.16 3 K'ib' 14 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 3 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 13 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 27 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2746 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: Nonae Aug., 2750 AUC