Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 April 1968

Friday · Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)

Lunar date
农历戊申年三月初八
戊申 (Wushen) · Year of the Monkey · 丙辰 乙巳
Nayin Lamp Fire
Solar term today
Pure Brightness
Pentad · tóng shǐ huá
Next solar term · Grain Rain 1968-04-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for children · Cleansing and exorcism · Felling trees · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Building livestock pens

Avoid

Weddings · Receiving wealth · Burial · Travel · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Building a stove · Planting

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Remove
Lunar mansion
Bond · auspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
碓磨床 房内东
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars

yīn dé · xiàng rì · jí qī · wǔ fù · jīn táng · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · wǔ xū · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59戊寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial
05:00–06:59己卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59庚辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59辛巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
11:00–12:59壬午Azure DragonWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59癸未Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59甲申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59乙酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59丙戌Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59丁亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59戊子Golden Coffer

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
5 April 1968
Julian calendar
23 March 1968 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Wushen year (Monkey), month 3, day 8
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4301, month 3, day 8
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 16, Earth Monkey year, month 2, day 7
Hebrew calendar
7 Nisan 5728 AM
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
16 Farvardin 1347 SH
Ethiopian calendar
27 Megabit 1960 EC
Coptic calendar
27 Paremhat 1684 AM
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 43, April 5
Minguo calendar
5 April, Minguo 57
Maya calendars
12.17.14.11.9 1 Muluk 17 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars
1 Atl (water), 11 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
10 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2716 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. X Kal. Apr., 2721 AUC