Chinese almanac (Huangli), 10 August 2010

Tuesday

Lunar date

农历庚寅年七月初一

庚寅 (Gengyin) · Year of the Tiger · 甲申壬辰

Nayin Long-Flowing Water

Solar term

Start of Autumn

Pentad · liáng fēng zhì

Next solar term · End of Heat 2010-08-23

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: Wings · inauspicious
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
Folk taboo days: Master Yang's taboo day

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: 10 August 2010
Julian calendar: 28 July 2010 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengyin year (Tiger), month 7, day 1
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4343, month 7, day 1
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Tiger year, month 6, day 30
Hebrew calendar: 30 Av 5770 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 29 Shaʿban 1431 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 19 Mordad 1389 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 4 Nehase 2002 EC
Coptic calendar: 4 Mesori 1726 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 19 Shravana 1932 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 22, August 10
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 10 August BE 2553
Minguo calendar: 10 August, Minguo 99
Maya calendars: 12.19.17.10.16 11 K'ib' 9 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 11 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 8 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 22 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2759 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. V Kal. Aug., 2763 AUC