Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 March 1977

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历丁巳年正月廿七
丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 癸卯 壬申
Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1977-03-21
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Laying foundations · Moving a coffin · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Ritual bathing · Cleaning the house · Drilling post holes · Felling trees · Moving the altar fire before renovation

Avoid

Placing the bed · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Building a stove

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
仓库炉 外西南
Directions
Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos
壬不泱水更难提防 申不安床鬼祟入房
Folk taboo days
Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)
Auspicious stars

tiān mǎ · yào ān · jiě shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · wǔ lí · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59庚子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59辛丑Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
03:00–04:59壬寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59癸卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59甲辰Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59乙巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
11:00–12:59丙午White TigerWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59丁未Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59戊申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59己酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59庚戌Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59辛亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
23:00–23:59壬子Controller of FateWeddings · 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
16 March 1977
Julian calendar
3 March 1977 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Dingsi year (Snake), month 1, day 27
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4310, month 1, day 27
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 16, Fire Snake year, month 1, day 27
Hebrew calendar
26 Adar 5737 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
26 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1397 AH
Ethiopian calendar
7 Megabit 1969 EC
Coptic calendar
7 Paremhat 1693 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka)
25 Phalguna 1898 Saka
Japanese era calendar
Shōwa 52, March 16
Minguo calendar
16 March, Minguo 66
Maya calendars
12.18.3.12.16 5 K'ib' 19 K'ayab
Aztec calendars
5 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 13 Tecuilhuitontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
22 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2725 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. V Non. Mart., 2730 AUC