Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 March 1988

Friday

Lunar date

农历戊辰年二月初一

戊辰 (Wuchen) · Year of the Dragon · 乙卯壬申

Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge

Solar term

Awakening of Insects

Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū

Next solar term · Spring Equinox 1988-03-20

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: Ghost · inauspicious
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

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 Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · 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 Bird	Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
11:00–12:59	丙午	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	己酉	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Controller of Fate	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
23:00–23:59	壬子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · 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: 18 March 1988
Julian calendar: 5 March 1988 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Wuchen year (Dragon), month 2, day 1
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4321, month 2, day 1
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Earth Dragon year, month 1, day 30
Hebrew calendar: 29 Adar 5748 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 29 Rajab 1408 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 28 Esfand 1366 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 9 Megabit 1980 EC
Coptic calendar: 9 Paremhat 1704 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 28 Phalguna 1909 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Shōwa 63, March 18
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 18 March BE 2531
Minguo calendar: 18 March, Minguo 77
Maya calendars: 12.18.14.15.16 8 K'ib' 4 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 8 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 18 Tecuilhuitontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 27 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2736 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. III Non. Mart., 2741 AUC