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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 April 1885

Friday · Cold Food Festival · Good Friday

Lunar date
农历乙酉年二月十八
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 己卯 戊子
Nayin Thunderbolt Fire
Solar term
Spring Equinox
Pentad · shǐ diàn
Next solar term · Pure Brightness 1885-04-04
Auspicious

Haircut · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Buying property · Felling trees · Acquiring livestock · Building livestock pens · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Making beams · Building a stove · Preparing one's own tomb

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
四绿木
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
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · yáng dé · Controller of Fate

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · yuè xíng · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · tiān zéi

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
3 April 1885
Julian calendar
22 March 1885 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Yiyou year (Rooster), month 2, day 18
Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Hebrew calendar
18 Nisan 5645 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
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Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
14 Farvardin 1264 SH
Ethiopian calendar
26 Megabit 1877 EC
Coptic calendar
26 Paremhat 1601 AM
Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
13 Malinalli (grass), 9 Tecuilhuitontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
18 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2633 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
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