Chinese almanac (Huangli), 29 March 2003

Saturday

Lunar date

农历癸未年二月廿七

癸未 (Guiwei) · Year of the Goat · 乙卯辛丑

Nayin Earth on the Wall

Solar term

Spring Equinox

Pentad · léi nǎi fā shēng

Next solar term · Pure Brightness 2003-04-05

Auspicious

Weddings · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Travel · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Breaking ground for a grave · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Raising the ridge beam · Erecting a tombstone · Moving a coffin

Avoid

Opening for business · Trading · Hanging bed curtains · Burial

Clash: Goat · Sha direction east
Day god: Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Willow · inauspicious
Nine star: 八白土
Fetus god: 厨灶厕房内南
Directions: Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 辛不合酱主人不尝丑不冠带主不还乡
Folk taboo days: Sanniang Sha (folk unlucky day)

Auspicious stars

shí yáng · shēng qì · tiān cāng · jìng ān

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · jiǔ kōng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · Hooked Array

Hours of the day

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

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: 29 March 2003
Julian calendar: 16 March 2003 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Guiwei year (Goat), month 2, day 27
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4336, month 2, day 27
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Water Goat year, month 1, day 27
Hebrew calendar: 25 Adar II 5763 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 26 Muharram 1424 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 9 Farvardin 1382 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 20 Megabit 1995 EC
Coptic calendar: 20 Paremhat 1719 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 8 Chaitra 1925 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 15, March 29
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 29 March BE 2546
Minguo calendar: 29 March, Minguo 92
Maya calendars: 12.19.10.2.5 11 Chikchan 18 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 11 Coatl (serpent), 12 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 11 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2751 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XVII Kal. Apr., 2756 AUC