Chinese almanac (Huangli), 6 February 1978

Monday · New Year's Eve (Chuxi)

Lunar date

农历丁巳年十二月廿九

戊午 (Wuwu) · Year of the Horse · 甲寅己亥

Nayin Wood on the Plain

Solar term

Start of Spring

Pentad · dōng fēng jiě dòng

Next solar term · Rain Water 1978-02-19

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: Extended Net · auspicious
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: 6 February 1978
Julian calendar: 24 January 1978 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Wuwu year (Horse), month 12, day 29
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4310, month 12, day 29
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 16, Fire Snake year, month 12, day 29
Hebrew calendar: 29 Shevat 5738 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 28 Safar 1398 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 17 Bahman 1356 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 29 Tir 1970 EC
Coptic calendar: 29 Tobi 1694 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 17 Magha 1899 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 53, February 6
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 6 February BE 2521
Minguo calendar: 6 February, Minguo 67
Maya calendars: 12.18.4.11.3 7 Ak'b'al 1 Pax
Aztec calendars: 7 Calli (house), 15 Toxcatl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 14 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2726 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. IX Kal. Feb., 2731 AUC