Chinese almanac (Huangli), 11 February 1977

Friday

Lunar date

农历丙辰年十二月廿四

丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 壬寅己亥

Nayin Wood on the Plain

Solar term

Start of Spring

Pentad · zhé chóng shǐ zhèn

Next solar term · Rain Water 1977-02-19

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for children · Ritual bathing · Thanksgiving to the gods · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Placing the bed · Building a granary · Digging ponds · Setting up the loom · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Making nets · Fishing · Acquiring livestock · Catching pests

Avoid

Burial · Building a stove · Felling trees · Making beams

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Receive
Lunar mansion: Neck · inauspicious
Nine star: 九紫火
Fetus god: 占门床房内中
Directions: Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos: 己不破券二比并亡亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · 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	甲子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	丙寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59	己巳	Hooked Array
11:00–12:59	庚午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59	辛未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	壬申	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children
17:00–18:59	癸酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	甲戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Heavenly Virtue	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
23:00–23:59	丙子	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · 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: 11 February 1977
Julian calendar: 29 January 1977 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingsi year (Snake), month 12, day 24
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4309, month 12, day 24
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Fire Dragon year, month 12, day 23
Hebrew calendar: 23 Shevat 5737 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 22 Safar 1397 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 22 Bahman 1355 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 4 Yekatit 1969 EC
Coptic calendar: 4 Meshir 1693 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 22 Magha 1898 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 52, February 11
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 11 February BE 2520
Minguo calendar: 11 February, Minguo 66
Maya calendars: 12.18.3.11.3 11 Ak'b'al 6 Pax
Aztec calendars: 11 Calli (house), 20 Toxcatl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 19 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2725 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. IV Kal. Feb., 2730 AUC