Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 October 2023

Thursday

Lunar date
农历癸卯年九月初五
癸卯 (Guimao) · Year of the Rabbit · 壬戌 庚戌
Nayin Hairpin Gold
Solar term
Cold Dew
Pentad · jú yǒu huáng huā
Next solar term · Frost's Descent 2023-10-24
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Travel · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Visiting family and friends · Building livestock pens · Weddings · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Receiving wealth · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Breaking ground · Felling trees · Making beams · Funeral procession · Burial · Preparing one's own tomb

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Establish
Lunar mansion
Horn · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
碓磨栖 外东北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · yuè dé · shǒu rì · tiān mǎ

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · White Tiger · yáng cuò

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59丁丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59戊寅Controller of FateWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59己卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59庚辰Azure Dragon
09:00–10:59辛巳Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午Heavenly PunishmentThanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
13:00–14:59癸未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59甲申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59乙酉Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59丙戌White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59丁亥Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59戊子White TigerWeddings · 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
19 October 2023
Julian calendar
6 October 2023 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Guimao year (Rabbit), month 9, day 5
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4356, month 9, day 5
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Water Rabbit year, month 9, day 5
Hebrew calendar
4 Heshvan 5784 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
4 Rabiʿ al-Thani 1445 AH
Ethiopian calendar
8 Tikimt 2016 EC
Coptic calendar
8 Paopi 1740 AM
Japanese era calendar
Reiwa 5, October 19
Minguo calendar
19 October, Minguo 112
Maya calendars
13.0.10.17.14 6 Ix 2 Sak'
Aztec calendars
6 Ocelotl (jaguar), 16 Izcalli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
5 Phamenoth, Peret (growth), year 2772 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
prid. Non. Oct., 2776 AUC