Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 June 2017

Saturday

Lunar date
农历丁酉年五月廿三
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 丙午 乙亥
Nayin Fire on the Mountain
Solar term
Grain in Ear
Pentad · fǎn shé wú shēng
Next solar term · Summer Solstice 2017-06-21
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Coming-of-age ceremony · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Travel · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Roofing · Laying foundations · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Setting column bases · Installing doors · Digging ponds

Avoid

Weddings · Opening for business · Making a coffin in advance · Burial

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Girl · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
碓磨床 外西南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

wǔ fù · bù jiàng · fú shēng

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

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

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
17 June 2017
Julian calendar
4 June 2017 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Dingyou year (Rooster), month 5, day 23
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4350, month 5, day 23
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Fire Rooster year, month 4, day 23
Hebrew calendar
23 Sivan 5777 AM
Ethiopian calendar
10 Sene 2009 EC
Coptic calendar
10 Paoni 1733 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
27 Jyeshtha 1939 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 29, June 17
Minguo calendar
17 June, Minguo 106
Maya calendars
13.0.4.9.19 5 Kawak 17 Sotz'
Aztec calendars
5 Quiahuitl (rain), 16 Teotleco
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
30 Phaophi, Akhet (inundation), year 2766 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
prid. Non. Iun., 2770 AUC