Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 April 1970

Sunday · Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)

Lunar date

农历庚戌年二月廿九

庚戌 (Gengxu) · Year of the Dog · 庚辰乙卯

Nayin Water of the Great Stream

Solar term today

Pure Brightness

Pentad · tóng shǐ huá

Next solar term · Grain Rain 1970-04-20

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: Hairy Head · inauspicious
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: 5 April 1970
Julian calendar: 23 March 1970 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengxu year (Dog), month 2, day 29
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4303, month 2, day 29
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Iron Dog year, month 2, day 29
Hebrew calendar: 28 Adar II 5730 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 28 Muharram 1390 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 16 Farvardin 1349 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 27 Megabit 1962 EC
Coptic calendar: 27 Paremhat 1686 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 15 Chaitra 1892 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 45, April 5
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 5 April BE 2513
Minguo calendar: 5 April, Minguo 59
Maya calendars: 12.17.16.11.19 3 Kawak 17 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 3 Quiahuitl (rain), 11 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 10 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2718 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. X Kal. Apr., 2723 AUC