Chinese almanac (Huangli), 29 October 2010

Friday

Lunar date

农历庚寅年九月廿二

庚寅 (Gengyin) · Year of the Tiger · 丙戌壬子

Nayin Mulberry Wood

Solar term

Frost's Descent

Pentad · cǎo mù huáng luò

Next solar term · Start of Winter 2010-11-07

Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Visiting family and friends · Consecrating sacred images · Haircut · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Weddings · Building a stove · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Praying for blessings · Raising the ridge beam

Clash: Horse · Sha direction south
Day god: Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Full
Lunar mansion: Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star: 九紫火
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
Folk taboo days: Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)

Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · tiān ēn · sì xiāng · shí dé · mín rì · tiān wū · fú dé · pǔ hù · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · dà shà · guī jì · Heavenly Prison

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: 29 October 2010
Julian calendar: 16 October 2010 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengyin year (Tiger), month 9, day 22
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4343, month 9, day 22
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Tiger year, month 9, day 22
Hebrew calendar: 21 Heshvan 5771 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 21 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1431 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 7 Aban 1389 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 19 Tikimt 2003 EC
Coptic calendar: 19 Paopi 1727 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 7 Kartika 1932 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 22, October 29
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 29 October BE 2553
Minguo calendar: 29 October, Minguo 99
Maya calendars: 12.19.17.14.16 13 K'ib' 9 Sak'
Aztec calendars: 13 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 3 Atlcahualo
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 12 Phamenoth, Peret (growth), year 2759 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XVII Kal. Nov., 2763 AUC