Chinese almanac (Huangli), 7 February 2014

Friday

Lunar date

农历甲午年正月初八

甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 丙寅己酉

Nayin Earth of the Highway

Solar term

Start of Spring

Pentad · dōng fēng jiě dòng

Next solar term · Rain Water 2014-02-19

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Travel · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Raising the ridge beam · Hanging a signboard · Digging ponds · Encoffining · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Weddings · Building a stove · Placing the bed

Clash: Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god: Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Danger
Lunar mansion: Bond · auspicious
Nine star: 一白水
Fetus god: 占大门外东北
Directions: Joy northeast · Wealth north · Fortune south
Peng Zu's taboos: 己不破券二比并亡酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · yīn dé · fú shēng · chú shén · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

tiān lì · zhì sǐ · wǔ xū · wǔ lí · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	甲子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Hooked Array	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
03:00–04:59	丙寅	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Bright Hall
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	己巳	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
11:00–12:59	庚午	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Opening for business · Taking up a post
13:00–14:59	辛未	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59	壬申	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59	癸酉	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	甲戌	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
23:00–23:59	丙子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings

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: 7 February 2014
Julian calendar: 25 January 2014 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiawu year (Horse), month 1, day 8
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4347, month 1, day 8
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Water Snake year, month 12, day 8
Hebrew calendar: 7 Adar I 5774 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 7 Rabiʿ al-Thani 1435 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 18 Bahman 1392 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 30 Tir 2006 EC
Coptic calendar: 30 Tobi 1730 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 18 Magha 1935 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 26, February 7
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 7 February BE 2557
Minguo calendar: 7 February, Minguo 103
Maya calendars: 13.0.1.2.13 1 B'en 11 Pax
Aztec calendars: 1 Acatl (reed), 5 Etzalcualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 24 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2762 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VIII Kal. Feb., 2767 AUC