Chinese almanac (Huangli), 19 March 1965

Friday

Lunar date

农历乙巳年二月十七

乙巳 (Yisi) · Year of the Snake · 己卯壬申

Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge

Solar term

Awakening of Insects

Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū

Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1965-03-21

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Laying foundations · Moving a coffin · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Ritual bathing · Cleaning the house · Drilling post holes · Felling trees · Moving the altar fire before renovation

Avoid

Placing the bed · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Building a stove

Clash: Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god: White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Initiate
Lunar mansion: Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star: 六白金
Fetus god: 仓库炉外西南
Directions: Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 壬不泱水更难提防申不安床鬼祟入房

Auspicious stars

tiān mǎ · yào ān · jiě shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · wǔ lí · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
11:00–12:59	丙午	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	己酉	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Controller of Fate	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
23:00–23:59	壬子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · 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: 19 March 1965
Julian calendar: 6 March 1965 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Yisi year (Snake), month 2, day 17
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4298, month 2, day 17
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Wood Snake year, month 1, day 17
Hebrew calendar: 15 Adar II 5725 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 15 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1384 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 28 Esfand 1343 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 10 Megabit 1957 EC
Coptic calendar: 10 Paremhat 1681 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 28 Phalguna 1886 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 40, March 19
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 19 March BE 2508
Minguo calendar: 19 March, Minguo 54
Maya calendars: 12.17.11.9.16 6 K'ib' 19 K'ayab
Aztec calendars: 6 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 13 Tecuilhuitontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 22 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2713 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: prid. Non. Mart., 2718 AUC