Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 November 1998

Tuesday

Lunar date

农历戊寅年九月廿九

戊寅 (Wuyin) · Year of the Tiger · 癸亥戊辰

Nayin Wood of the Great Forest

Solar term

Start of Winter

Pentad · zhì rù dà shuǐ wèi shèn

Next solar term · Minor Snow 1998-11-22

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Placing the bed · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Erecting a tombstone

Avoid

Opening for business · Trading · Breaking ground for a grave · Building a stove

Clash: Dog · Sha direction south
Day god: Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Initiate
Lunar mansion: Wings · inauspicious
Nine star: 二黑土
Fetus god: 房床栖外正南
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos: 戊不受田田主不祥辰不哭泣必主重丧

Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yáng dé · jiě shén · Controller of Fate

Inauspicious stars

xiǎo hào · tiān zéi · tǔ fú

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	壬子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59	癸丑	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
03:00–04:59	甲寅	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59	乙卯	Hooked Array	Seeking wealth
07:00–08:59	丙辰	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59	丁巳	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	戊午	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
13:00–14:59	己未	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59	庚申	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	辛酉	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	壬戌	White Tiger
21:00–22:59	癸亥	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59	甲子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings

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 November 1998
Julian calendar: 4 November 1998 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Wuyin year (Tiger), month 9, day 29
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4331, month 9, day 29
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Earth Tiger year, month 9, day 29
Hebrew calendar: 28 Heshvan 5759 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 27 Rajab 1419 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 26 Aban 1377 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 8 Hidar 1991 EC
Coptic calendar: 8 Hathor 1715 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 26 Kartika 1920 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 10, November 17
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 17 November BE 2541
Minguo calendar: 17 November, Minguo 87
Maya calendars: 12.19.5.12.12 4 Eb' 5 Keh
Aztec calendars: 4 Malinalli (grass), 19 Atlcahualo
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 28 Phamenoth, Peret (growth), year 2747 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: prid. Non. Nov., 2751 AUC