Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 March 1984

Thursday

Lunar date

农历甲子年二月初六

甲子 (Jiazi) · Year of the Rat · 丁卯辛丑

Nayin Earth on the Wall

Solar term

Awakening of Insects

Pentad · táo shǐ huá

Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1984-03-20

Auspicious

Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Travel · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground for a grave · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Raising the ridge beam · Erecting a tombstone · Moving a coffin

Avoid

Opening for business · Trading · Hanging bed curtains · Burial

Clash: Goat · Sha direction east
Day god: Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Dipper · auspicious
Nine star: 八白土
Fetus god: 厨灶厕房内南
Directions: Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 辛不合酱主人不尝丑不冠带主不还乡

Auspicious stars

shí yáng · shēng qì · tiān cāng · jìng ān

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · jiǔ kōng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	戊子	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	己丑	Vermilion Bird	Burial · Building and repairs
03:00–04:59	庚寅	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
05:00–06:59	辛卯	Heavenly Virtue	Building and repairs · Building a stove
07:00–08:59	壬辰	White Tiger	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59	癸巳	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
11:00–12:59	甲午	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59	乙未	Black Tortoise
15:00–16:59	丙申	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	丁酉	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	戊戌	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59	己亥	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59	庚子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home

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: 8 March 1984
Julian calendar: 24 February 1984 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiazi year (Rat), month 2, day 6
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4317, month 2, day 6
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Wood Rat year, month 1, day 6
Hebrew calendar: 4 Adar II 5744 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 5 Jumada al-Akhirah 1404 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 18 Esfand 1362 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 29 Yekatit 1976 EC
Coptic calendar: 29 Meshir 1700 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 18 Phalguna 1905 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 59, March 8
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 8 March BE 2527
Minguo calendar: 8 March, Minguo 73
Maya calendars: 12.18.10.14.5 6 Chikchan 13 K'ayab
Aztec calendars: 6 Coatl (serpent), 7 Tecuilhuitontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 16 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2732 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VI Kal. Mart., 2737 AUC