Chinese almanac (Huangli), 13 March 2009

Friday

Lunar date

农历己丑年二月十七

己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 丁卯丁巳

Nayin Earth in the Sand

Solar term

Awakening of Insects

Pentad · cāng gēng míng

Next solar term · Spring Equinox 2009-03-20

Auspicious

Sculpting and painting deities · Consecrating sacred images · Making agreements · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Visiting family and friends · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Placing the bed · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Making nets · Planting · Cleansing and exorcism · Setting up the loom

Avoid

Building a stove · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial

Clash: Pig · Sha direction east
Day god: Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Full
Lunar mansion: Bond · auspicious
Nine star: 九紫火
Fetus god: 仓库床外正东
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮巳不远行财物伏藏

Auspicious stars

yuè ēn · sì xiāng · xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān wū · fú dé · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · bā fēng · tǔ fú · dà shà · wǎng wáng · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	White Tiger	Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Controller of Fate	Building and repairs · Building a stove
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59	丙午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	己酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59	壬子	Golden Coffer

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: 13 March 2009
Julian calendar: 28 February 2009 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jichou year (Ox), month 2, day 17
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4342, month 2, day 17
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Earth Ox year, month 1, day 18
Hebrew calendar: 17 Adar 5769 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 16 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1430 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 23 Esfand 1387 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 4 Megabit 2001 EC
Coptic calendar: 4 Paremhat 1725 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 22 Phalguna 1930 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 21, March 13
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 13 March BE 2552
Minguo calendar: 13 March, Minguo 98
Maya calendars: 12.19.16.3.1 3 Imix 4 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 3 Cipactli (crocodile), 18 Tecuilhuitontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 27 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2757 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: prid. Kal. Mart., 2762 AUC