Chinese almanac (Huangli), 30 August 2010

Monday

Lunar date

农历庚寅年七月廿一

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

Nayin Mulberry Wood

Solar term

End of Heat

Pentad · tiān dì shǐ sù

Next solar term · White Dew 2010-09-08

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Felling trees · Making beams · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Cleansing and exorcism · Demolition · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Weddings · Moving house

Clash: Horse · Sha direction south
Day god: Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Stable
Lunar mansion: Net · auspicious
Nine star: 六白金
Fetus god: 仓库碓外东北
Directions: Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 壬不泱水更难提防子不问卜自惹祸殃

Auspicious stars

yuè dé · tiān ēn · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · shí dé · mín rì · sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · fú shēng · Azure Dragon · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì

Hours of the day

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

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: 30 August 2010
Julian calendar: 17 August 2010 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengyin year (Tiger), month 7, day 21
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4343, month 7, day 21
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Tiger year, month 7, day 21
Hebrew calendar: 20 Elul 5770 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 20 Ramadan 1431 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 8 Shahrivar 1389 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 24 Nehase 2002 EC
Coptic calendar: 24 Mesori 1726 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 8 Bhadra 1932 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 22, August 30
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 30 August BE 2553
Minguo calendar: 30 August, Minguo 99
Maya calendars: 12.19.17.11.16 5 K'ib' 9 Mol
Aztec calendars: 5 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 8 Atemoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 12 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2759 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XVI Kal. Sept., 2763 AUC