Chinese almanac (Huangli), 12 April 1917

Thursday

Lunar date

农历丁巳年闰二月廿一

丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 甲辰甲申

Nayin Water in the Spring

Solar term

Pure Brightness

Pentad · tián shǔ huà wèi rú

Next solar term · Grain Rain 1917-04-21

Auspicious

Making carts and tools · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Opening for business · Trading · Installing machinery · Carving · Consecrating sacred images · Roofing · Closing the roof ridge · Laying foundations · Setting column bases · Installing doors · Acquiring livestock · Burial · Preparing one's own tomb · Erecting a tombstone · Thanking the Earth God

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Breaking ground · Opening granaries · Shipping goods

Clash: Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god: Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Stable
Lunar mansion: Legs · inauspicious
Nine star: 六白金
Fetus god: 占门炉外西北
Directions: Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos: 甲不开仓财物耗散申不安床鬼祟入房

Auspicious stars

sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · jìng ān · chú shén · Golden Coffer · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sǐ qì · wǎng wáng · wǔ lí · xíng hěn

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	甲子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59	丙寅	Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59	己巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Closing the roof ridge
11:00–12:59	庚午	White Tiger	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59	辛未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	壬申	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	癸酉	Black Tortoise	Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59	甲戌	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59	丙子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · 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: 12 April 1917
Julian calendar: 30 March 1917 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingsi year (Snake), leap month 2, day 21
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4250, leap month 2, day 21
Hebrew calendar: 20 Nisan 5677 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 20 Jumada al-Akhirah 1335 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 23 Farvardin 1296 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 4 Miyazya 1909 EC
Coptic calendar: 4 Parmouti 1633 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 22 Chaitra 1839 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Taishō 6, April 12
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 12 April BE 2460
Minguo calendar: 12 April, Minguo 6
Maya calendars: 12.15.2.16.8 9 Lamat 11 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 9 Tochtli (rabbit), 5 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 4 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2665 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. III Kal. Apr., 2670 AUC