Chinese almanac (Huangli), 10 April 1969

Thursday

Lunar date

农历己酉年二月廿四

己酉 (Jiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 戊辰乙卯

Nayin Water of the Great Stream

Solar term

Pure Brightness

Pentad · tián shǔ huà wèi rú

Next solar term · Grain Rain 1969-04-20

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Placing the bed · Trading · Signing contracts · Digging ponds · Repairing walls · Blocking holes against pests · Encoffining · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Weddings · Digging wells · Visiting the sick · Opening for business · Consecrating sacred images · Planting

Clash: Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god: Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Close
Lunar mansion: Well · auspicious
Nine star: 四绿木
Fetus god: 碓磨门外正东
Directions: Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos: 乙不栽植千株不长卯不穿井水泉不香

Auspicious stars

guān rì · yào ān · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè hài · tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	丙子	Controller of Fate	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
01:00–02:59	丁丑	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59	戊寅	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59	己卯	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59	庚辰	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59	辛巳	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Roofing
11:00–12:59	壬午	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59	癸未	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
15:00–16:59	甲申	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59	乙酉	Jade Hall
19:00–20:59	丙戌	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59	丁亥	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59	戊子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed

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: 10 April 1969
Julian calendar: 28 March 1969 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiyou year (Rooster), month 2, day 24
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4302, month 2, day 24
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Earth Rooster year, month 2, day 23
Hebrew calendar: 22 Nisan 5729 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 23 Muharram 1389 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 21 Farvardin 1348 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 2 Miyazya 1961 EC
Coptic calendar: 2 Parmouti 1685 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 20 Chaitra 1891 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 44, April 10
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 10 April BE 2512
Minguo calendar: 10 April, Minguo 58
Maya calendars: 12.17.15.11.19 7 Kawak 2 Wayeb'
Aztec calendars: 7 Quiahuitl (rain), 16 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 15 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2717 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. V Kal. Apr., 2722 AUC