Chinese almanac (Huangli), 11 March 2010

Thursday

Lunar date

农历庚寅年正月廿六

庚寅 (Gengyin) · Year of the Tiger · 己卯庚申

Nayin Pomegranate Wood

Solar term

Awakening of Insects

Pentad · cāng gēng míng

Next solar term · Spring Equinox 2010-03-21

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cleansing and exorcism · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone · Thanking the Earth God · Ritual bathing · Cleaning the house · Catching pests · Fishing · Making nets · Hunting · Haircut

Avoid

Placing the bed · Weddings · Building a stove · Moving into a new home

Clash: Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god: White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Initiate
Lunar mansion: Legs · inauspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
Fetus god: 碓磨炉外东南
Directions: Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 庚不经络织机虚张申不安床鬼祟入房

Auspicious stars

yuè kōng · tiān mǎ · yào ān · jiě shén · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · sì fèi · wǔ lí · bā zhuān · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	丙子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59	丁丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59	戊寅	Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59	己卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59	庚辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	辛巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	壬午	White Tiger	Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
13:00–14:59	癸未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	甲申	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
17:00–18:59	乙酉	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	丙戌	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59	丁亥	Hooked Array	Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
23:00–23:59	戊子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home

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: 11 March 2010
Julian calendar: 26 February 2010 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengyin year (Tiger), month 1, day 26
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4343, month 1, day 26
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Tiger year, month 1, day 26
Hebrew calendar: 25 Adar 5770 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 25 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1431 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 20 Esfand 1388 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 2 Megabit 2002 EC
Coptic calendar: 2 Paremhat 1726 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 20 Phalguna 1931 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 22, March 11
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 11 March BE 2553
Minguo calendar: 11 March, Minguo 99
Maya calendars: 12.19.17.3.4 2 K'an 2 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 2 Cuetzpalin (lizard), 16 Tecuilhuitontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 25 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2758 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. IV Kal. Mart., 2763 AUC