Chinese almanac (Huangli), 1 September 2020

Tuesday

Lunar date

农历庚子年七月十四

庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 甲申丁未

Nayin Water of the Milky Way

Solar term

End of Heat

Pentad · hé nǎi dēng

Next solar term · White Dew 2020-09-07

Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Moving house · Breaking ground · Placing the bed · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Roofing · Consecrating sacred images · Haircut · Building boats · Digging wells · Building a stove

Clash: Ox · Sha direction west
Day god: Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Close
Lunar mansion: Tail · auspicious
Nine star: 二黑土
Fetus god: 仓库厕房内东
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮未不服药毒气入肠
Folk taboo days: Monthly taboo day

Auspicious stars

yuè dé hé · mǔ cāng · jīn táng · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè shà · yuè xū · xuè zhī · tiān zéi · wǔ xū · bā fēng · bā zhuān

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Heavenly Punishment
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Golden Coffer
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59	甲辰	White Tiger	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	丙午	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59	戊申	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59	己酉	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Bright Hall	Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59	壬子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed

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: 1 September 2020
Julian calendar: 19 August 2020 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengzi year (Rat), month 7, day 14
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4353, month 7, day 14
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Rat year, month 7, day 14
Hebrew calendar: 12 Elul 5780 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 13 Muharram 1442 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 11 Shahrivar 1399 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 26 Nehase 2012 EC
Coptic calendar: 26 Mesori 1736 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 10 Bhadra 1942 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Reiwa 2, September 1
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 1 September BE 2563
Minguo calendar: 1 September, Minguo 109
Maya calendars: 13.0.7.14.11 7 Chuwen 14 Mol
Aztec calendars: 7 Ozomahtli (monkey), 13 Atemoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 17 Tybi, Peret (growth), year 2769 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XIV Kal. Sept., 2773 AUC