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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 February 2013

Sunday · Little New Year (Xiaonian)

Lunar date
农历壬辰年十二月廿三
壬辰 (Renchen) · Year of the Dragon · 癸丑 庚子
Nayin Earth on the Wall
Solar term
Major Cold
Pentad · shuǐ zé fù jiān
Next solar term · Start of Spring 2013-02-04
Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Ritual bathing · Exchanging names (betrothal rite) · Trading · Receiving wealth · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial · Repairing tombs · Erecting a tombstone · Thanking the Earth God · Building livestock pens · Training oxen and horses

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Buying property · Weddings · Breaking ground · Planting · Opening for business · Consecrating sacred images · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Close
Lunar mansion
Emptiness · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
占碓磨 房内南
Directions
Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
庚不经络织机虚张 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Folk taboo days
Monthly taboo day · Four Endings (eve of a season's start)
Auspicious stars

Heavenly Virtue · yuè dé · guān rì · liù hé · bù jiàng · xù shì · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

tiān lì · zhì sǐ · xuè zhī · tǔ fú · guī jì · xuè jì · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59丙子Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59丁丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
03:00–04:59戊寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
05:00–06:59己卯Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
07:00–08:59庚辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
09:00–10:59辛巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59壬午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59癸未Hooked ArrayWeddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59甲申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
17:00–18:59乙酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
19:00–20:59丙戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
21:00–22:59丁亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59戊子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · 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
3 February 2013
Julian calendar
21 January 2013 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli)
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Korean calendar (Dangi)
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Tibetan calendar (Phugpa)
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Hebrew calendar
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Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura)
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Ethiopian calendar
26 Tir 2005 EC
Coptic calendar
26 Tobi 1729 AM
Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
9 Cuetzpalin (lizard), 1 Etzalcualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
20 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2761 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar
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