Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 August 2050

Friday

Lunar date

农历庚午年六月十八

庚午 (Gengwu) · Year of the Horse · 癸未丁巳

Nayin Earth in the Sand

Solar term

Major Heat

Pentad · dà yǔ xíng shí

Next solar term · Start of Autumn 2050-08-07

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Weddings · Visiting family and friends · Draining water · Digging wells · Raising livestock · Acquiring livestock · Digging channels · Installing mortars and millstones

Avoid

Roofing · Moving into a new home · Building a stove · Starting school · Burial · Funeral procession

Clash: Pig · Sha direction east
Day god: Jade Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Bond · auspicious
Nine star: 一白水
Fetus god: 仓库床外正东
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮巳不远行财物伏藏
Folk taboo days: Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)

Auspicious stars

wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · fú shēng · Jade Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · chóng rì · dà huì · yīn cuò

Hours of the day

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

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: 5 August 2050
Julian calendar: 23 July 2050 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengwu year (Horse), month 6, day 18
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4383, month 6, day 18
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 18, Iron Horse year, month 6, day 18
Hebrew calendar: 17 Av 5810 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 16 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1472 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 14 Mordad 1429 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 29 Hamle 2042 EC
Coptic calendar: 29 Epip 1766 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 14 Shravana 1972 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Reiwa 32, August 5
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 5 August BE 2593
Minguo calendar: 5 August, Minguo 139
Maya calendars: 13.1.18.3.1 4 Imix 14 Yaxk'in
Aztec calendars: 4 Cipactli (crocodile), 13 Panquetzaliztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 27 Choiak, Akhet (inundation), year 2799 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. X Kal. Aug., 2803 AUC