Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 February 1999

Tuesday · Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) · Seollal (Korean New Year)

Lunar date
农历己卯年正月初一
己卯 (Jimao) · Year of the Rabbit · 丙寅 己亥
Nayin Wood on the Plain
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · yú zhì fù bīng
Next solar term · Rain Water 1999-02-19
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for children · Ritual bathing · Thanksgiving to the gods · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Placing the bed · Building a granary · Digging ponds · Setting up the loom · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Making nets · Fishing · Acquiring livestock · Catching pests

Avoid

Burial · Building a stove · Felling trees · Making beams

Clash
Snake · Sha direction west
Day god
Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Receive
Lunar mansion
Tail · auspicious
Nine star
九紫火
Fetus god
占门床 房内中
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos
己不破券二比并亡 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · liù hé · wǔ fù · bù jiàng · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

hé kuí · jié shà · chóng rì · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59乙丑Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59丙寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59戊辰Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59己巳Hooked Array
11:00–12:59庚午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59辛未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
15:00–16:59壬申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children
17:00–18:59癸酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59甲戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59乙亥Heavenly VirtuePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
23:00–23:59丙子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · 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
16 February 1999
Julian calendar
3 February 1999 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Jimao year (Rabbit), month 1, day 1
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4332, month 1, day 1
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Earth Tiger year, month 12, day 30
Hebrew calendar
30 Shevat 5759 AM
Ethiopian calendar
9 Yekatit 1991 EC
Coptic calendar
9 Meshir 1715 AM
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 11, February 16
Minguo calendar
16 February, Minguo 88
Maya calendars
12.19.5.17.3 4 Ak'b'al 16 Pax
Aztec calendars
4 Calli (house), 10 Etzalcualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
29 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2747 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. III Non. Feb., 2752 AUC