Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 March 1897

Friday

Lunar date
农历丁酉年二月十七
丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 癸卯 丙子
Nayin Water in the Ravine
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1897-03-20
Auspicious

Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Taking in a son-in-law · Placing the bed · Encoffining · Receiving wealth

Avoid

Building a stove · Opening for business · Burial · Making beams

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
厨灶碓 外西南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Folk taboo days
Four Separations (eve of equinox or solstice)
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · yáng dé · bù jiàng · Controller of Fate · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · yuè xíng · dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · tiān zéi · chù shuǐ lóng

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Golden CofferTravel · Taking up a post · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59己丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59庚寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
05:00–06:59辛卯Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59壬辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
11:00–12:59甲午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59乙未Hooked Array
15:00–16:59丙申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
19:00–20:59戊戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial
21:00–22:59己亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59庚子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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
19 March 1897
Julian calendar
7 March 1897 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Dingyou year (Rooster), month 2, day 17
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4230, month 2, day 16
Hebrew calendar
15 Adar II 5657 AM
Ethiopian calendar
11 Megabit 1889 EC
Coptic calendar
11 Paremhat 1613 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
28 Phalguna 1818 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Meiji 30, March 19
Minguo calendar
19 March, 15 before Minguo
Maya calendars
12.14.2.10.0 13 Ajaw 3 K'ayab
Aztec calendars
13 Xochitl (flower), 17 Etzalcualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
6 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2645 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
Nonae Mart., 2650 AUC