Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 February 1896

Tuesday

Lunar date

农历乙未年十二月廿一

丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 庚寅丁亥

Nayin Earth on the Roof

Solar term today

Start of Spring

Pentad · dōng fēng jiě dòng

Next solar term · Rain Water 1896-02-19

Auspicious

Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Moving house · Building a granary · Making nets · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Felling trees · Building a stove · Burial · Fishing · Moving into a new home

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Receive
Lunar mansion: Tail · auspicious
Nine star: 六白金
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

Heavenly Virtue · mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · liù hé · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · jié shà · chóng rì · Hooked Array

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: 4 February 1896
Julian calendar: 23 January 1896 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingshen year (Monkey), month 12, day 21
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4228, month 12, day 21
Hebrew calendar: 20 Shevat 5656 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 20 Shaʿban 1313 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 15 Bahman 1274 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 27 Tir 1888 EC
Coptic calendar: 27 Tobi 1612 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 15 Magha 1817 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Meiji 29, February 4
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 4 February BE 2439
Minguo calendar: 4 February, 16 before Minguo
Maya calendars: 12.14.1.7.11 7 Chuwen 19 K'ank'in
Aztec calendars: 7 Ozomahtli (monkey), 13 Huei Tozoztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 22 Pachons, Shemu (harvest), year 2644 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. X Kal. Feb., 2649 AUC