Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 August 2018

Thursday

Lunar date

农历戊戌年七月初六

戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 庚申庚辰

Nayin White Wax Gold

Solar term

Start of Autumn

Pentad · bái lù jiàng

Next solar term · End of Heat 2018-08-23

Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Rites for wandering spirits · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground · Medical treatment · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Consecrating sacred images · Building and repairs · Making carts and tools · Installing the household altar · Placing the bed · Catching pests · Hunting · Making nets

Avoid

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Setting up the loom · Funeral procession · Burial · Visiting the sick

Clash: Dog · Sha direction south
Day god: Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Success
Lunar mansion: Legs · inauspicious
Nine star: 五黄土
Fetus god: 碓磨栖外正西
Directions: Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 庚不经络织机虚张辰不哭泣必主重丧

Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · sān hé · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · xù shì · Golden Coffer

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sì jī · dà shà · xuè jì · fù rì · dà huì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	丙子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59	丁丑	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59	戊寅	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59	己卯	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59	庚辰	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
09:00–10:59	辛巳	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	壬午	Heavenly Punishment	Travel · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
13:00–14:59	癸未	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59	甲申	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	乙酉	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	丙戌	White Tiger
21:00–22:59	丁亥	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59	戊子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading

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: 16 August 2018
Julian calendar: 3 August 2018 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Wuxu year (Dog), month 7, day 6
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4351, month 7, day 6
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Earth Dog year, month 7, day 6
Hebrew calendar: 5 Elul 5778 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 5 Dhu al-Hijjah 1439 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 25 Mordad 1397 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 10 Nehase 2010 EC
Coptic calendar: 10 Mesori 1734 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 25 Shravana 1940 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 30, August 16
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 16 August BE 2561
Minguo calendar: 16 August, Minguo 107
Maya calendars: 13.0.5.13.4 1 K'an 17 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 1 Cuetzpalin (lizard), 16 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 30 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2767 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. III Non. Aug., 2771 AUC