Chinese almanac (Huangli), 27 March 2012

Tuesday

Lunar date

农历壬辰年三月初六

壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 癸卯丁亥

Nayin Earth on the Roof

Solar term

Spring Equinox

Pentad · léi nǎi fā shēng

Next solar term · Pure Brightness 2012-04-04

Auspicious

Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Hanging a signboard · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Demolition · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Weddings · Funeral procession · Setting up carpentry trestles · Making beams · Haircut · Raising livestock · Burial · Acquiring livestock · Felling trees

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Success
Lunar mansion: Tail · auspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
Fetus god: 仓库床外西北
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · bù jiàng

Inauspicious stars

chóng rì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

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

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: 27 March 2012
Julian calendar: 14 March 2012 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Renchen year (Dragon), month 3, day 6
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4345, month 3, day 6
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Water Dragon year, month 2, day 5
Hebrew calendar: 4 Nisan 5772 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 4 Jumada al-Ula 1433 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 8 Farvardin 1391 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 18 Megabit 2004 EC
Coptic calendar: 18 Paremhat 1728 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 7 Chaitra 1934 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 24, March 27
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 27 March BE 2555
Minguo calendar: 27 March, Minguo 101
Maya calendars: 12.19.19.4.11 8 Chuwen 19 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 8 Ozomahtli (monkey), 13 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 12 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2760 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: prid. Id. Mart., 2765 AUC