Chinese almanac (Huangli), 30 January 1968

Tuesday · Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) · Seollal (Korean New Year)

Lunar date

农历戊申年正月初一

丁未 (Dingwei) · Year of the Goat · 癸丑己亥

Nayin Wood on the Plain

Solar term

Major Cold

Pentad · zhēng niǎo lì jí

Next solar term · Start of Spring 1968-02-05

Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Ritual bathing · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Visiting family and friends · Starting school · Medical treatment · Installing mortars and millstones · Digging wells · Digging ponds · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Building livestock pens

Avoid

Weddings · Hanging bed curtains · Moving into a new home · Funeral procession · Burial

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Tail · auspicious
Nine star: 九紫火
Fetus god: 占门床房内中
Directions: Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos: 己不破券二比并亡亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Auspicious stars

yīn dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · yì hòu · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · fù rì · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	甲子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	丙寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59	己巳	Hooked Array
11:00–12:59	庚午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59	辛未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	壬申	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children
17:00–18:59	癸酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	甲戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Heavenly Virtue	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
23:00–23:59	丙子	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · 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: 30 January 1968
Julian calendar: 17 January 1968 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingwei year (Goat), month 1, day 1
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4301, month 1, day 1
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Fire Goat year, month 12, day 1
Hebrew calendar: 29 Tevet 5728 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 29 Shawwal 1387 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 10 Bahman 1346 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 21 Tir 1960 EC
Coptic calendar: 21 Tobi 1684 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 10 Magha 1889 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 43, January 30
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 30 January BE 2511
Minguo calendar: 30 January, Minguo 57
Maya calendars: 12.17.14.8.3 13 Ak'b'al 11 Muwan
Aztec calendars: 13 Calli (house), 5 Toxcatl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 4 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2716 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XVI Kal. Feb., 2721 AUC