Chinese almanac (Huangli), 22 July 2024

Monday

Lunar date

农历甲辰年六月十七

甲辰 (Jiachen) · Year of the Dragon · 辛未丁亥

Nayin Earth on the Roof

Solar term today

Major Heat

Pentad · fǔ cǎo wèi yíng

Next solar term · Start of Autumn 2024-08-07

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Felling trees · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Hanging a signboard · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Weddings · Planting · Funeral procession · Haircut · Repairing tombs · Building a stove

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Stable
Lunar mansion: Extended Net · auspicious
Nine star: 四绿木
Fetus god: 仓库床外西北
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Auspicious stars

yīn dé · sān hé · shí yīn · liù yí · yù yǔ · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · sǐ qì · sì qióng · qī niǎo · chóng rì

Hours of the day

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

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: 22 July 2024
Julian calendar: 9 July 2024 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiachen year (Dragon), month 6, day 17
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4357, month 6, day 17
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Wood Dragon year, month 6, day 16
Hebrew calendar: 16 Tammuz 5784 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 16 Muharram 1446 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 1 Mordad 1403 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 15 Hamle 2016 EC
Coptic calendar: 15 Epip 1740 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 31 Ashadha 1946 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Reiwa 6, July 22
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 22 July BE 2567
Minguo calendar: 22 July, Minguo 113
Maya calendars: 13.0.11.13.11 10 Chuwen 14 Xul
Aztec calendars: 10 Ozomahtli (monkey), 13 Quecholli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 7 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2773 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VII Id. Iul., 2777 AUC