Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 February 1976

Thursday

Lunar date

农历丙辰年正月初六

丙辰 (Bingchen) · Year of the Dragon · 庚寅丁亥

Nayin Earth on the Roof

Solar term today

Start of Spring

Pentad · dōng fēng jiě dòng

Next solar term · Rain Water 1976-02-19

Auspicious

Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Coming-of-age ceremony · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Moving house · Building a granary · Making nets · Acquiring livestock

Avoid

Felling trees · Building a stove · Burial · Fishing · Moving into a new home

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Receive
Lunar mansion: Well · auspicious
Nine star: 六白金
Fetus god: 仓库床外西北
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · mǔ cāng · sì xiāng · liù hé · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · jié shà · chóng rì · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Hooked Array
11:00–12:59	丙午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59	丁未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Punishment	Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59	己酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Heavenly Virtue	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59	壬子	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth

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 February 1976
Julian calendar: 23 January 1976 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingchen year (Dragon), month 1, day 6
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4309, month 1, day 6
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Wood Rabbit year, month 12, day 5
Hebrew calendar: 4 Adar I 5736 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 4 Safar 1396 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 16 Bahman 1354 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 27 Tir 1968 EC
Coptic calendar: 27 Tobi 1692 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 16 Magha 1897 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 51, February 5
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 5 February BE 2519
Minguo calendar: 5 February, Minguo 65
Maya calendars: 12.18.2.10.11 3 Chuwen 19 Muwan
Aztec calendars: 3 Ozomahtli (monkey), 13 Toxcatl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 12 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2724 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. X Kal. Feb., 2729 AUC