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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 April 1989

Wednesday · Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)

Lunar date
农历己巳年二月廿九
己巳 (Jisi) · Year of the Snake · 戊辰 乙未
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term today
Pure Brightness
Pentad · tóng shǐ huá
Next solar term · Grain Rain 1989-04-20
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Digging wells · Repairing roads

Avoid

Weddings · Burial

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Wall · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
碓磨厕 房内北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè shà · yuè xū · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59戊寅Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59己卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59庚辰White Tiger
09:00–10:59辛巳Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59壬午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59癸未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59甲申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Hooked Array
19:00–20:59丙戌Azure DragonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59戊子Azure DragonWeddings · 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
5 April 1989
Julian calendar
23 March 1989 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Jisi year (Snake), month 2, day 29
Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Earth Snake year, month 2, day 29
Hebrew calendar
29 Adar II 5749 AM
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
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Ethiopian calendar
27 Megabit 1981 EC
Coptic calendar
27 Paremhat 1705 AM
Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
1 Quiahuitl (rain), 16 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
15 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2737 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
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