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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 March 1978

Friday

Lunar date
农历戊午年正月廿五
戊午 (Wuwu) · Year of the Horse · 甲寅 甲子
Nayin Gold in the Sea
Solar term
Rain Water
Pentad · cǎo mù méng dòng
Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 1978-03-06
Auspicious

Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Travel · Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Breaking ground · Receiving wealth · Digging wells · Visiting family and friends

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Burial · Felling trees · Making beams · Acquiring livestock · Building livestock pens · Building a stove

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Ghost · inauspicious
Nine star
七赤金
Fetus god
占门碓 外东南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · mǔ cāng · shí yáng · shēng qì · yì hòu · Azure Dragon

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · sì jì · bā lóng · fù rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59乙丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59丙寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59丁卯Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59戊辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59己巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59庚午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59辛未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59壬申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59癸酉Bright HallMoving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
19:00–20:59甲戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial
21:00–22:59乙亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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
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Julian calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
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Indian national calendar (Saka)
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Japanese era calendar
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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