Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 April 2005

Wednesday

Lunar date
农历乙酉年三月十二
乙酉 (Yiyou) · Year of the Rooster · 庚辰 甲戌
Nayin Fire on the Mountain
Solar term today
Grain Rain
Pentad · píng shǐ shēng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 2005-05-05
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Cleansing and exorcism · Seeking a doctor · Medical treatment · Pulling down a house · Pulling down walls · Avoid everything else

Avoid

Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Opening for business · Burial

Clash
Dragon · Sha direction north
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Destruction
Lunar mansion
Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star
五黄土
Fetus god
占门栖 外西南
Directions
Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
甲不开仓财物耗散 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Auspicious stars

tiān mǎ · bù jiàng · fú shēng · jiě shén

Inauspicious stars

yuè pò · dà hào · sì jī · jiǔ kōng · jiǔ kǎn · jiǔ jiāo · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59甲子Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
01:00–02:59乙丑Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59丙寅Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59丁卯Hooked ArrayWeddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59戊辰Azure Dragon
09:00–10:59己巳Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59庚午Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59辛未Vermilion BirdWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
15:00–16:59壬申Golden CofferWeddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
17:00–18:59癸酉Heavenly VirtueTravel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59甲戌White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
21:00–22:59乙亥Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59丙子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Taking up a post · Praying for blessings

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
20 April 2005
Julian calendar
7 April 2005 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Yiyou year (Rooster), month 3, day 12
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4338, month 3, day 12
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Wood Rooster year, month 3, day 11
Hebrew calendar
11 Nisan 5765 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
11 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1426 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
31 Farvardin 1384 SH
Ethiopian calendar
12 Miyazya 1997 EC
Coptic calendar
12 Parmouti 1721 AM
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 17, April 20
Minguo calendar
20 April, Minguo 94
Maya calendars
12.19.12.3.18 10 Etz'nab' 16 Pop
Aztec calendars
10 Tecpatl (flint), 15 Tlaxochimaco
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
4 Epagomenal days, year 2753 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. VII Id. Apr., 2758 AUC