Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 March 2008

Monday

Lunar date

农历戊子年正月廿六

戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 甲寅壬寅

Nayin Gold Leaf

Solar term

Rain Water

Pentad · cǎo mù méng dòng

Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 2008-03-05

Auspicious

Placing the bed · Cleansing and exorcism · Cutting cloth for garments · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving wealth · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Weddings · Travel · Breaking ground · Digging channels · Moving into a new home · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Digging wells

Clash: Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god: Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Establish
Lunar mansion: Heart · inauspicious
Nine star: 九紫火
Fetus god: 仓库炉房内南
Directions: Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 壬不泱水更难提防寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè kōng · wáng rì · tiān cāng · yào ān · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
11:00–12:59	丙午	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59	己酉	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
23:00–23:59	壬子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · 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: 3 March 2008
Julian calendar: 19 February 2008 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Wuzi year (Rat), month 1, day 26
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4341, month 1, day 26
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Earth Rat year, month 1, day 26
Hebrew calendar: 26 Adar I 5768 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 25 Safar 1429 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 13 Esfand 1386 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 24 Yekatit 2000 EC
Coptic calendar: 24 Meshir 1724 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 13 Phalguna 1929 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 20, March 3
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 3 March BE 2551
Minguo calendar: 3 March, Minguo 97
Maya calendars: 12.19.15.2.6 5 Kimi 14 K'ayab
Aztec calendars: 5 Miquiztli (death), 8 Tecuilhuitontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 17 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2756 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XI Kal. Mart., 2761 AUC