Chinese almanac (Huangli), 10 August 2013

Saturday

Lunar date

农历癸巳年七月初四

癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 庚申戊申

Nayin Earth of the Highway

Solar term

Start of Autumn

Pentad · liáng fēng zhì

Next solar term · End of Heat 2013-08-23

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Moving house · Installing doors · Receiving wealth · Raising livestock · Acquiring livestock · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial · Encoffining

Avoid

Breaking ground for a grave · Buying property · Digging wells · Breaking ground · Placing the bed

Clash: Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god: Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Establish
Lunar mansion: Root · inauspicious
Nine star: 一白水
Fetus god: 房床炉房内中
Directions: Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos: 戊不受田田主不祥申不安床鬼祟入房

Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · tiān shè · wáng rì · tiān cāng · bù jiàng

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · wǔ lí · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	壬子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
01:00–02:59	癸丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	甲寅	Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59	乙卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
07:00–08:59	丙辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	丁巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59	戊午	White Tiger	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59	己未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	庚申	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
17:00–18:59	辛酉	Black Tortoise
19:00–20:59	壬戌	Controller of Fate	Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59	癸亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59	甲子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · 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: 10 August 2013
Julian calendar: 28 July 2013 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Guisi year (Snake), month 7, day 4
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4346, month 7, day 4
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Water Snake year, month 7, day 4
Hebrew calendar: 4 Elul 5773 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 3 Shawwal 1434 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 19 Mordad 1392 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 4 Nehase 2005 EC
Coptic calendar: 4 Mesori 1729 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 19 Shravana 1935 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 25, August 10
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 10 August BE 2556
Minguo calendar: 10 August, Minguo 102
Maya calendars: 13.0.0.11.12 2 Eb' 10 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 2 Malinalli (grass), 9 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 23 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2762 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. V Kal. Aug., 2766 AUC