Chinese almanac (Huangli), 15 September 2010

Wednesday

Lunar date

农历庚寅年八月初八

庚寅 (Gengyin) · Year of the Tiger · 乙酉戊辰

Nayin Wood of the Great Forest

Solar term

White Dew

Pentad · xuán niǎo guī

Next solar term · Autumn Equinox 2010-09-23

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Making agreements · Weddings · Demolition · Laying foundations · Placing the bed · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Thanking the Earth God · Hanging a signboard · Drilling post holes · Trading

Avoid

Building bridges · Coming-of-age ceremony · Roofing · Digging wells

Clash: Dog · Sha direction south
Day god: Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Danger
Lunar mansion: Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star: 八白土
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 · mǔ cāng · liù hé · bù jiàng · jìng ān

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · sì jī · Heavenly Punishment

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: 15 September 2010
Julian calendar: 2 September 2010 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengyin year (Tiger), month 8, day 8
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4343, month 8, day 8
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Tiger year, month 8, day 8
Hebrew calendar: 7 Tishrei 5771 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 6 Shawwal 1431 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 24 Shahrivar 1389 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 5 Meskerem 2003 EC
Coptic calendar: 5 Thout 1727 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 24 Bhadra 1932 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 22, September 15
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 15 September BE 2553
Minguo calendar: 15 September, Minguo 99
Maya calendars: 12.19.17.12.12 8 Eb' 5 Ch'en
Aztec calendars: 8 Malinalli (grass), 4 Tititl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 28 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2759 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. IV Non. Sept., 2763 AUC