Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 May 2013

Sunday · Pentecost

Lunar date
农历癸巳年四月初十
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 丁巳 乙酉
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term
Start of Summer
Pentad · wáng guā shēng
Next solar term · Grain Buds 2013-05-21
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Travel · Demolition · Breaking ground · Cleansing and exorcism · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a signboard · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Installing doors · Raising the ridge beam · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Thanking the Earth God

Avoid

—

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Stable
Lunar mansion
Room · auspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
碓磨门 外西北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · mín rì · sān hé · shí yīn · bù jiàng · yào ān · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

sǐ qì · wǔ lí · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59戊寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59己卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59壬午Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59癸未Heavenly VirtueBuilding and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59甲申White TigerTravel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59丁亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PrisonSacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · 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

Julian calendar
6 May 2013 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Guisi year (Snake), month 4, day 10
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4346, month 4, day 10
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Water Snake year, month 4, day 9
Hebrew calendar
10 Sivan 5773 AM
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
29 Ordibehesht 1392 SH
Ethiopian calendar
11 Ginbot 2005 EC
Coptic calendar
11 Pashons 1729 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
29 Vaishakha 1935 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 25, May 19
Minguo calendar
19 May, Minguo 102
Maya calendars
13.0.0.7.9 10 Muluk 7 Sip
Aztec calendars
10 Atl (water), 6 Ochpaniztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
30 Thoth, Akhet (inundation), year 2762 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
prid. Non. Mai., 2766 AUC