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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 20 April 2009

Monday

Lunar date
农历己丑年三月廿五
己丑 (Jichou) · Year of the Ox · 戊辰 乙未
Nayin Gold in the Sand
Solar term today
Grain Rain
Pentad · píng shǐ shēng
Next solar term · Start of Summer 2009-05-05
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Digging wells · Repairing roads

Avoid

Weddings · Burial

Clash
Ox · Sha direction west
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Balance
Lunar mansion
Extended Net · auspicious
Nine star
二黑土
Fetus god
碓磨厕 房内北
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos
乙不栽植千株不长 未不服药毒气入肠
Auspicious stars

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · sǐ shén · yuè shà · yuè xū · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Vermilion Bird
03:00–04:59戊寅Golden CofferWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59己卯Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
07:00–08:59庚辰White Tiger
09:00–10:59辛巳Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
11:00–12:59壬午Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59癸未Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
15:00–16:59甲申Controller of FateWeddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59乙酉Hooked Array
19:00–20:59丙戌Azure DragonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
23:00–23:59戊子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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 2009
Julian calendar
7 April 2009 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
Jichou year (Ox), month 3, day 25
Korean calendar (Dangi)
Dangi 4342, month 3, day 25
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
Rabjung 17, Earth Ox year, month 2, day 25 (repeated)
Hebrew calendar
26 Nisan 5769 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
24 Rabiʿ al-Thani 1430 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
31 Farvardin 1388 SH
Ethiopian calendar
12 Miyazya 2001 EC
Coptic calendar
12 Parmouti 1725 AM
Japanese era calendar
Heisei 21, April 20
Minguo calendar
20 April, Minguo 98
Maya calendars
12.19.16.4.19 2 Kawak 17 Pop
Aztec calendars
2 Quiahuitl (rain), 16 Tlaxochimaco
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
5 Epagomenal days, year 2757 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
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