Chinese almanac (Huangli), 28 March 1989

Tuesday

Lunar date

农历己巳年二月廿一

己巳 (Jisi) · Year of the Snake · 丁卯丁亥

Nayin Earth on the Roof

Solar term

Spring Equinox

Pentad · léi nǎi fā shēng

Next solar term · Pure Brightness 1989-04-05

Auspicious

Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Hanging a signboard · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Demolition · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Weddings · Funeral procession · Setting up carpentry trestles · Making beams · Haircut · Raising livestock · Burial · Acquiring livestock · Felling trees

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Success
Lunar mansion: Tail · auspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
Fetus god: 仓库床外西北
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · bù jiàng

Inauspicious stars

chóng rì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Hooked Array
11:00–12:59	丙午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59	丁未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Punishment	Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59	己酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Heavenly Virtue	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59	壬子	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth

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: 28 March 1989
Julian calendar: 15 March 1989 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jisi year (Snake), month 2, day 21
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4322, month 2, day 21
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Earth Snake year, month 2, day 21
Hebrew calendar: 21 Adar II 5749 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 20 Shaʿban 1409 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 8 Farvardin 1368 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 19 Megabit 1981 EC
Coptic calendar: 19 Paremhat 1705 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 7 Chaitra 1911 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 1, March 28
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 28 March BE 2532
Minguo calendar: 28 March, Minguo 78
Maya calendars: 12.18.15.16.11 6 Chuwen 14 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 6 Ozomahtli (monkey), 8 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 7 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2737 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: Idus Mart., 2742 AUC