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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 March 2013

Sunday · Easter

Lunar date
农历癸巳年二月二十
癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 乙卯 丙申
Nayin Fire below the Mountain
Solar term
Spring Equinox
Pentad · shǐ diàn
Next solar term · Pure Brightness 2013-04-04
Auspicious

Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Travel · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Cleansing and exorcism · Planting · Felling trees · Breaking ground for a grave · Thanking the Earth God · Burial

Avoid

Opening for business · Trading · Building a stove · Receiving wealth · Raising the ridge beam · Placing the bed · Roofing · Building boats

Clash
Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god
White Tiger · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Initiate
Lunar mansion
Emptiness · inauspicious
Nine star
三碧木
Fetus god
厨灶炉 房内北
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 申不安床鬼祟入房
Auspicious stars

sì xiāng · tiān mǎ · yào ān · jiě shén · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · xiǎo hào · wǔ lí · White Tiger

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59己丑Bright HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
03:00–04:59庚寅Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59辛卯Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
07:00–08:59壬辰Golden CofferWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
11:00–12:59甲午White TigerWeddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59丙申Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
17:00–18:59丁酉Black TortoiseWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
19:00–20:59戊戌Controller of FateSacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
21:00–22:59己亥Hooked ArrayWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Praying for children
23:00–23:59庚子Controller of FatePraying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods

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
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Julian calendar
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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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Solar Hijri calendar (Persian)
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Ethiopian calendar
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Coptic calendar
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Japanese era calendar
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Minguo calendar
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Maya calendars
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Aztec calendars
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Ancient Egyptian civil calendar
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Roman calendar
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