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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 9 February 1838

Friday · Lantern Festival

Lunar date
农历戊戌年正月十五
戊戌 (Wuxu) · Year of the Dog · 甲寅 戊子
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · zhé chóng shǐ zhèn
Next solar term · Rain Water 1838-02-19
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Coming-of-age ceremony · Cutting cloth for garments · Weddings · Breaking ground · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Travel · Installing mortars and millstones · Draining water · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading

Avoid

Burial · Raising the ridge beam · Moving into a new home · Building a stove

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
房床碓 外正北
Directions
Joy southeast · Wealth north · Fortune north
Peng Zu's taboos
戊不受田田主不祥 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · shí yáng · shēng qì · yì hòu · Azure Dragon

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59壬子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth
01:00–02:59癸丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge
03:00–04:59甲寅White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59乙卯Jade HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59丁巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59戊午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59己未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
15:00–16:59庚申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59辛酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59癸亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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
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Julian calendar
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Chinese calendar (Nongli)
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Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Hebrew calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
14 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1253 AH
Ethiopian calendar
3 Yekatit 1830 EC
Coptic calendar
3 Meshir 1554 AM
Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
5 Malinalli (grass), 4 Huei Tozoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
13 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2586 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. V Kal. Feb., 2591 AUC