Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 March 1974

Saturday

Lunar date

农历甲寅年二月初九

甲寅 (Jiayin) · Year of the Tiger · 丙寅壬寅

Nayin Gold Leaf

Solar term

Rain Water

Pentad · cǎo mù méng dòng

Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 1974-03-06

Auspicious

Placing the bed · Cleansing and exorcism · Cutting cloth for garments · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Weddings · Travel · Breaking ground · Digging channels · Moving into a new home · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Digging wells

Clash: Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god: Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Establish
Lunar mansion: Stomach · auspicious
Nine star: 九紫火
Fetus god: 仓库炉房内南
Directions: Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 壬不泱水更难提防寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè kōng · wáng rì · tiān cāng · yào ān · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
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 · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
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 house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Prison
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	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
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: 2 March 1974
Julian calendar: 17 February 1974 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiayin year (Tiger), month 2, day 9
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4307, month 2, day 9
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Wood Tiger year, month 1, day 9
Hebrew calendar: 8 Adar 5734 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 7 Safar 1394 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 11 Esfand 1352 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 23 Yekatit 1966 EC
Coptic calendar: 23 Meshir 1690 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 11 Phalguna 1895 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 49, March 2
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 2 March BE 2517
Minguo calendar: 2 March, Minguo 63
Maya calendars: 12.18.0.11.6 13 Kimi 4 K'ayab
Aztec calendars: 13 Miquiztli (death), 18 Etzalcualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 7 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2722 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XIII Kal. Mart., 2727 AUC