Chinese almanac (Huangli), 1 May 1974

Wednesday

Lunar date

农历甲寅年四月初十

甲寅 (Jiayin) · Year of the Tiger · 戊辰壬寅

Nayin Gold Leaf

Solar term

Grain Rain

Pentad · dài shèng jiàng yú sāng

Next solar term · Start of Summer 1974-05-06

Auspicious

Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Hanging a signboard · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Planting

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Encoffining · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Burial · Visiting the sick

Clash: Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god: Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star: 六白金
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

yīn dé · yuè dé · yáng dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · liù yí · xù shì · wǔ hé · Controller of Fate · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · xuè jì

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: 1 May 1974
Julian calendar: 18 April 1974 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiayin year (Tiger), month 4, day 10
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4307, month 4, day 10
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Wood Tiger year, month 3, day 10
Hebrew calendar: 9 Iyar 5734 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 8 Rabiʿ al-Thani 1394 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 11 Ordibehesht 1353 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 23 Miyazya 1966 EC
Coptic calendar: 23 Parmouti 1690 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 11 Vaishakha 1896 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 49, May 1
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 1 May BE 2517
Minguo calendar: 1 May, Minguo 63
Maya calendars: 12.18.0.14.6 8 Kimi 19 Pop
Aztec calendars: 8 Miquiztli (death), 18 Tlaxochimaco
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 2 Thoth, Akhet (inundation), year 2723 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XIV Kal. Mai., 2727 AUC