Chinese almanac (Huangli), 24 January 2001

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

Lunar date

农历辛巳年正月初一

庚辰 (Gengchen) · Year of the Dragon · 己丑丁亥

Nayin Earth on the Roof

Solar term

Major Cold

Pentad · jī shǐ rǔ

Next solar term · Start of Spring 2001-02-04

Auspicious

Opening for business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Acquiring livestock · Building livestock pens · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Consecrating sacred images · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Breaking ground

Avoid

Weddings · Planting · Burial · Haircut · Building temples · Building a stove · Encoffining · Funeral procession · Building bridges

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Wall · auspicious
Nine star: 六白金
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

yīn dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yīn · shēng qì · yì hòu · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · chóng rì

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: 24 January 2001
Julian calendar: 11 January 2001 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengchen year (Dragon), month 1, day 1
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4334, month 1, day 1
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Dragon year, month 11, day 30
Hebrew calendar: 29 Tevet 5761 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 29 Shawwal 1421 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 5 Bahman 1379 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 16 Tir 1993 EC
Coptic calendar: 16 Tobi 1717 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 4 Magha 1922 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 13, January 24
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 24 January BE 2544
Minguo calendar: 24 January, Minguo 90
Maya calendars: 12.19.7.16.11 10 Chuwen 14 Muwan
Aztec calendars: 10 Ozomahtli (monkey), 8 Toxcatl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 7 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2749 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. III Id. Ian., 2754 AUC