Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 February 2010

Sunday

Lunar date

农历庚寅年正月初八

庚寅 (Gengyin) · Year of the Tiger · 戊寅壬寅

Nayin Gold Leaf

Solar term

Rain Water

Pentad · tǎ jì yú

Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 2010-03-06

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: Star · inauspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
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: 21 February 2010
Julian calendar: 8 February 2010 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengyin year (Tiger), month 1, day 8
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4343, month 1, day 8
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Tiger year, month 1, day 7
Hebrew calendar: 7 Adar 5770 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 7 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1431 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 2 Esfand 1388 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 14 Yekatit 2002 EC
Coptic calendar: 14 Meshir 1726 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 2 Phalguna 1931 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 22, February 21
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 21 February BE 2553
Minguo calendar: 21 February, Minguo 99
Maya calendars: 12.19.17.2.6 10 Kimi 4 K'ayab
Aztec calendars: 10 Miquiztli (death), 18 Etzalcualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 7 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2758 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VI Id. Feb., 2763 AUC