Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 March 1997

Monday

Lunar date

农历丁丑年二月廿三

丁丑 (Dingchou) · Year of the Ox · 癸卯壬申

Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge

Solar term

Spring Equinox

Pentad · shǐ diàn

Next solar term · Pure Brightness 1997-04-05

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: Net · auspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
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
Folk taboo days: Monthly taboo day

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: 31 March 1997
Julian calendar: 18 March 1997 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingchou year (Ox), month 2, day 23
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4330, month 2, day 23
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Ox year, month 2, day 22
Hebrew calendar: 22 Adar II 5757 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 22 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1417 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 11 Farvardin 1376 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 22 Megabit 1989 EC
Coptic calendar: 22 Paremhat 1713 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 10 Chaitra 1919 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 9, March 31
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 31 March BE 2540
Minguo calendar: 31 March, Minguo 86
Maya calendars: 12.19.4.0.16 6 K'ib' 19 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 6 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 13 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 12 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2745 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XV Kal. Apr., 2750 AUC