Chinese almanac (Huangli), 17 March 2014

Monday

Lunar date

农历甲午年二月十七

甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 丁卯丁亥

Nayin Earth on the Roof

Solar term

Awakening of Insects

Pentad · yīng huà wèi jiū

Next solar term · Spring Equinox 2014-03-21

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: Extended Net · 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: 17 March 2014
Julian calendar: 4 March 2014 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiawu year (Horse), month 2, day 17
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4347, month 2, day 17
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Wood Horse year, month 1, day 16
Hebrew calendar: 15 Adar II 5774 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 16 Jumada al-Ula 1435 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 26 Esfand 1392 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 8 Megabit 2006 EC
Coptic calendar: 8 Paremhat 1730 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 26 Phalguna 1935 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 26, March 17
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 17 March BE 2557
Minguo calendar: 17 March, Minguo 103
Maya calendars: 13.0.1.4.11 13 Chuwen 9 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 13 Ozomahtli (monkey), 3 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 2 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2762 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. IV Non. Mart., 2767 AUC