Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 April 2008

Wednesday

Lunar date

农历戊子年二月廿六

戊子 (Wuzi) · Year of the Rat · 乙卯壬申

Nayin Gold of the Sword Edge

Solar term

Spring Equinox

Pentad · shǐ diàn

Next solar term · Pure Brightness 2008-04-04

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Fasting and Taoist rites · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Laying foundations · Moving a coffin · Burial · Thanking the Earth God · Ritual bathing · Cleaning the house · Drilling post holes · Felling trees · Moving the altar fire before renovation

Avoid

Placing the bed · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Building a stove

Clash: Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god: White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Initiate
Lunar mansion: Winnowing Basket · auspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
Fetus god: 仓库炉外西南
Directions: Joy south · Wealth south · Fortune northwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 壬不泱水更难提防申不安床鬼祟入房

Auspicious stars

tiān mǎ · yào ān · jiě shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · wǔ lí · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
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 · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
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 into a new home · Taking up a post
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
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	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
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: 2 April 2008
Julian calendar: 20 March 2008 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Wuzi year (Rat), month 2, day 26
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4341, month 2, day 26
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Earth Rat year, month 2, day 26
Hebrew calendar: 26 Adar II 5768 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 25 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1429 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 14 Farvardin 1387 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 24 Megabit 2000 EC
Coptic calendar: 24 Paremhat 1724 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 13 Chaitra 1930 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 20, April 2
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 2 April BE 2551
Minguo calendar: 2 April, Minguo 97
Maya calendars: 12.19.15.3.16 9 K'ib' 4 Wayeb'
Aztec calendars: 9 Cozcacuauhtli (vulture), 18 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 17 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2756 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XIII Kal. Apr., 2761 AUC