Chinese almanac (Huangli), 7 September 2005

Wednesday

Lunar date

农历乙酉年八月初四

乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 乙酉甲午

Nayin Gold in the Sand

Solar term today

White Dew

Pentad · hóng yàn lái

Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 2005-09-23

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: Three Stars · 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

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: 7 September 2005
Julian calendar: 25 August 2005 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Yiyou year (Rooster), month 8, day 4
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4338, month 8, day 4
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Wood Rooster year, month 7, day 4
Hebrew calendar: 3 Elul 5765 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 3 Shaʿban 1426 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 16 Shahrivar 1384 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 2 Pagume 1997 EC
Coptic calendar: 2 Pi Kogi Enavot 1721 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 16 Bhadra 1927 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 17, September 7
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 7 September BE 2548
Minguo calendar: 7 September, Minguo 94
Maya calendars: 12.19.12.10.18 7 Etz'nab' 16 Mol
Aztec calendars: 7 Tecpatl (flint), 15 Atemoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 19 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2754 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VIII Kal. Sept., 2758 AUC