Chinese almanac (Huangli), 21 March 2014

Friday · Nowruz

Lunar date

农历甲午年二月廿一

甲午 (Jiawu) · Year of the Horse · 丁卯辛卯

Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood

Solar term today

Spring Equinox

Pentad · xuán niǎo zhì

Next solar term · Pure Brightness 2014-04-05

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Weddings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Travel · Opening for business · Trading · Visiting family and friends · Training oxen and horses · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Moving a coffin

Avoid

Breaking ground · Moving house · Moving into a new home

Clash: Rooster · Sha direction west
Day god: Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Establish
Lunar mansion: Neck · inauspicious
Nine star: 七赤金
Fetus god: 厨灶门外正北
Directions: Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 辛不合酱主人不尝卯不穿井水泉不香

Auspicious stars

guān rì · liù yí · fú shēng · wǔ hé · Bright Hall · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · yàn duì · zhāo yáo

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	戊子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59	己丑	Hooked Array	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
03:00–04:59	庚寅	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed
05:00–06:59	辛卯	Bright Hall	Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59	壬辰	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Praying for children
09:00–10:59	癸巳	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods
11:00–12:59	甲午	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
13:00–14:59	乙未	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59	丙申	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	丁酉	Jade Hall
19:00–20:59	戊戌	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
21:00–22:59	己亥	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59	庚子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · 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: 21 March 2014
Julian calendar: 8 March 2014 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiawu year (Horse), month 2, day 21
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4347, month 2, day 21
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Wood Horse year, month 1, day 20
Hebrew calendar: 19 Adar II 5774 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 20 Jumada al-Ula 1435 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 1 Farvardin 1393 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 12 Megabit 2006 EC
Coptic calendar: 12 Paremhat 1730 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 30 Phalguna 1935 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 26, March 21
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 21 March BE 2557
Minguo calendar: 21 March, Minguo 103
Maya calendars: 13.0.1.4.15 4 Men 13 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 4 Cuauhtli (eagle), 7 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 6 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2762 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VIII Id. Mart., 2767 AUC