Chinese almanac (Huangli), 31 January 2014

Friday · Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) · Seollal (Korean New Year)

Lunar date

农历甲午年正月初一

癸巳 (Guisi) · Year of the Snake · 乙丑壬寅

Nayin Gold Leaf

Solar term

Major Cold

Pentad · shuǐ zé fù jiān

Next solar term · Start of Spring 2014-02-04

Auspicious

Weddings · Consecrating sacred images · Cleansing and exorcism · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Demolition · Building and repairs · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Planting · Encoffining · Repairing tombs · Breaking ground · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes

Avoid

Building a stove · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Opening for business · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Acquiring livestock · Thanking the Earth God · Travel · Visiting the sick

Clash: Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god: Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Remove
Lunar mansion: Ox · 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

shí dé · xiàng rì · jí qī · yù yǔ · wǔ hé · Golden Coffer · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · tiān zéi · wǔ xū

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: 31 January 2014
Julian calendar: 18 January 2014 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Guisi year (Snake), month 1, day 1
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4347, month 1, day 1
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Water Snake year, month 12, day 1
Hebrew calendar: 30 Shevat 5774 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 30 Rabiʿ al-Awwal 1435 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 11 Bahman 1392 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 23 Tir 2006 EC
Coptic calendar: 23 Tobi 1730 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 11 Magha 1935 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 26, January 31
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 31 January BE 2557
Minguo calendar: 31 January, Minguo 103
Maya calendars: 13.0.1.2.6 7 Kimi 4 Pax
Aztec calendars: 7 Miquiztli (death), 18 Toxcatl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 17 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2762 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XV Kal. Feb., 2767 AUC