Chinese almanac (Huangli), 7 May 1957

Tuesday

Lunar date

农历丁酉年四月初八

丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 乙巳己卯

Nayin Earth on the City Wall

Solar term

Start of Summer

Pentad · lóu guō míng

Next solar term · Grain Buds 1957-05-21

Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Placing the bed · Travel · Demolition

Avoid

Acquiring livestock · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Burial · Visiting the sick · Felling trees · Raising the ridge beam · Installing doors · Encoffining · Breaking ground

Clash: Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god: Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Tail · auspicious
Nine star: 一白水
Fetus god: 占大门外正西
Directions: Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos: 己不破券二比并亡卯不穿井水泉不香

Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · yīn dé · shí yáng · shēng qì · pǔ hù · wǔ hé

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · dì náng · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	甲子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Hooked Array	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59	丙寅	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Bright Hall	Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59	己巳	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	庚午	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
13:00–14:59	辛未	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	壬申	White Tiger	Weddings · Burial · Praying for children
17:00–18:59	癸酉	Jade Hall
19:00–20:59	甲戌	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59	丙子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings

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: 7 May 1957
Julian calendar: 24 April 1957 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingyou year (Rooster), month 4, day 8
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4290, month 4, day 8
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Fire Rooster year, month 3, day 8
Hebrew calendar: 6 Iyar 5717 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 7 Shawwal 1376 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 17 Ordibehesht 1336 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 29 Miyazya 1949 EC
Coptic calendar: 29 Parmouti 1673 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 17 Vaishakha 1879 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 32, May 7
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 7 May BE 2500
Minguo calendar: 7 May, Minguo 46
Maya calendars: 12.17.3.10.3 6 Ak'b'al 1 Wo'
Aztec calendars: 6 Calli (house), 20 Tlaxochimaco
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 4 Thoth, Akhet (inundation), year 2706 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VIII Kal. Mai., 2710 AUC