Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 August 2016

Thursday

Lunar date

农历丙申年七月十六

丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 丙申壬申

Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge

Solar term

Start of Autumn

Pentad · hán chán míng

Next solar term · End of Heat 2016-08-23

Auspicious

Weddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Erecting pillars · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Receiving wealth · Raising the ridge beam · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

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

Clash: Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god: Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Establish
Lunar mansion: Legs · inauspicious
Nine star: 四绿木
Fetus god: 仓库炉外西南
Directions: Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 壬不泱水更难提防申不安床鬼祟入房

Auspicious stars

yuè dé · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · wáng rì

Inauspicious stars

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

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
11:00–12:59	丙午	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	己酉	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Controller of Fate	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
23:00–23:59	壬子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · 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: 18 August 2016
Julian calendar: 5 August 2016 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingshen year (Monkey), month 7, day 16
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4349, month 7, day 16
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Monkey year, month 6, day 15
Hebrew calendar: 14 Av 5776 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 15 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1437 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 28 Mordad 1395 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 12 Nehase 2008 EC
Coptic calendar: 12 Mesori 1732 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 27 Shravana 1938 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 28, August 18
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 18 August BE 2559
Minguo calendar: 18 August, Minguo 105
Maya calendars: 13.0.3.12.16 1 K'ib' 19 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 1 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 18 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 2 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2765 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: Nonae Aug., 2769 AUC