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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 15 February 2008

Friday

Lunar date
农历戊子年正月初九
戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 甲寅 乙酉
Nayin Water in the Spring
Solar term
Start of Spring
Pentad · yú zhì fù bīng
Next solar term · Rain Water 2008-02-19
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Digging ponds · Blocking holes against pests · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave

Avoid

Placing the bed · Planting · Medical treatment · Building a stove

Clash
Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god
Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Danger
Lunar mansion
Bond · auspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
碓磨门 外西北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yīn dé · fú shēng · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

tiān lì · zhì sǐ · wǔ xū · wǔ lí · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Hooked ArrayWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59戊寅Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59己卯Bright Hall
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59辛巳Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59壬午Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59癸未Heavenly VirtueBuilding and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59甲申White TigerTravel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59丁亥Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PrisonSacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · 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
15 February 2008
Julian calendar
2 February 2008 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Wuzi year (Rat), month 1, day 9
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4341, month 1, day 9
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Earth Rat year, month 1, day 9
Hebrew calendar
9 Adar I 5768 AM
Ethiopian calendar
7 Yekatit 2000 EC
Coptic calendar
7 Meshir 1724 AM
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 20, February 15
Minguo calendar
15 February, Minguo 97
Maya calendars
12.19.15.1.9 1 Muluk 17 Pax
Aztec calendars
1 Atl (water), 11 Etzalcualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
30 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2756 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
a.d. IV Non. Feb., 2761 AUC