Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 April 1995

Wednesday · Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)

Lunar date

农历乙亥年三月初六

乙亥 (Yihai) · Year of the Pig · 庚辰丙寅

Nayin Fire in the Furnace

Solar term today

Pure Brightness

Pentad · tóng shǐ huá

Next solar term · Grain Rain 1995-04-20

Auspicious

Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Hanging a signboard · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Placing the bed · Planting · Buying property · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground

Avoid

Building a stove · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Encoffining

Clash: Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god: Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star: 六白金
Fetus god: 厨灶炉外正南
Directions: Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丙不修灶必见灾殃寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · tiān ēn · sì xiāng · yáng dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · liù yí · xù shì · wǔ hé · Controller of Fate · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · xuè jì

Hours of the day

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

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 1995
Julian calendar: 23 March 1995 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Yihai year (Pig), month 3, day 6
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4328, month 3, day 6
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Wood Pig year, month 2, day 5
Hebrew calendar: 5 Nisan 5755 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 5 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1415 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 16 Farvardin 1374 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 27 Megabit 1987 EC
Coptic calendar: 27 Paremhat 1711 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 15 Chaitra 1917 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 7, April 5
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 5 April BE 2538
Minguo calendar: 5 April, Minguo 84
Maya calendars: 12.19.2.0.10 8 Ok 3 Wayeb'
Aztec calendars: 8 Itzcuintli (dog), 17 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 16 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2743 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. X Kal. Apr., 2748 AUC