Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 March 2016

Friday

Lunar date

农历丙申年正月廿六

丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 庚寅乙酉

Nayin Water in the Spring

Solar term

Rain Water

Pentad · cǎo mù méng dòng

Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 2016-03-05

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Coming-of-age ceremony · Weddings · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Laying foundations · Raising the ridge beam · Roofing · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Digging ponds · Blocking holes against pests · Encoffining · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Moving a coffin · Burial · Breaking ground for a grave

Avoid

Placing the bed · Planting · Medical treatment · Building a stove

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: 碓磨门外西北
Directions: Joy northwest · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos: 乙不栽植千株不长酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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	丙子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
01:00–02:59	丁丑	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	戊寅	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59	己卯	Bright Hall
07:00–08:59	庚辰	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
09:00–10:59	辛巳	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
11:00–12:59	壬午	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59	癸未	Heavenly Virtue	Building and repairs · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods
15:00–16:59	甲申	White Tiger	Travel · Taking up a post · Seeking wealth
17:00–18:59	乙酉	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	丙戌	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	丁亥	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings · Burial
23:00–23:59	戊子	Heavenly Prison	Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · 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: 4 March 2016
Julian calendar: 20 February 2016 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingshen year (Monkey), month 1, day 26
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4349, month 1, day 26
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Monkey year, month 1, day 25
Hebrew calendar: 24 Adar I 5776 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 24 Jumada al-Ula 1437 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 14 Esfand 1394 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 25 Yekatit 2008 EC
Coptic calendar: 25 Meshir 1732 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 14 Phalguna 1937 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 28, March 4
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 4 March BE 2559
Minguo calendar: 4 March, Minguo 105
Maya calendars: 13.0.3.4.9 3 Muluk 17 K'ayab
Aztec calendars: 3 Atl (water), 11 Tecuilhuitontli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 20 Epiphi, Shemu (harvest), year 2764 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. X Kal. Mart., 2769 AUC