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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 9 August 2016

Tuesday · Qixi Festival

Lunar date
农历丙申年七月初七
丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 丙申 癸亥
Nayin Water of the Great Sea
Solar term
Start of Autumn
Pentad · liáng fēng zhì
Next solar term · End of Heat 2016-08-23
Auspicious

Decorating walls · Repairing roads · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Building a stove

Avoid

Weddings · Lawsuits · Medical treatment · Buying property · Making beams · Praying for blessings · Burial · Planting · Felling trees · Installing doors

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Tail · auspicious
Nine star
四绿木
Fetus god
占房床 外东南
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
Peng Zu's taboos
癸不词讼理弱敌强 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · sì xiāng · xiàng rì · pǔ hù

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè hài · yóu huò · wǔ xū · chóng rì · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子White TigerWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59癸丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59甲寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59乙卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59丙辰Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
09:00–10:59丁巳Hooked Array
11:00–12:59戊午Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59己未Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59庚申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
17:00–18:59辛酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59癸亥Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59甲子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial

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
9 August 2016
Julian calendar
27 July 2016 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Bingshen year (Monkey), month 7, day 7
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4349, month 7, day 7
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Fire Monkey year, month 6, day 6 (repeated)
Hebrew calendar
5 Av 5776 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
6 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1437 AH
Ethiopian calendar
3 Nehase 2008 EC
Coptic calendar
3 Mesori 1732 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
18 Shravana 1938 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 28, August 9
Minguo calendar
9 August, Minguo 105
Maya calendars
13.0.3.12.7 5 Manik' 10 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars
5 Mazatl (deer), 9 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
23 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2765 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. VI Kal. Aug., 2769 AUC