Chinese almanac (Huangli), 5 April 2016

Tuesday

Lunar date

农历丙申年二月廿八

丙申 (Bingshen) · Year of the Monkey · 壬辰丁巳

Nayin Earth in the Sand

Solar term

Pure Brightness

Pentad · tóng shǐ huá

Next solar term · Grain Rain 2016-04-19

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Consecrating sacred images · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Cleansing and exorcism · Planting · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock · Cleaning the house · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Repairing tombs · Building bridges · Building a stove · Travel · Burial · Roofing · Moving into a new home

Clash: Pig · Sha direction east
Day god: Bright Hall · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Remove
Lunar mansion: Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star: 六白金
Fetus god: 仓库床外正东
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮巳不远行财物伏藏

Auspicious stars

tiān dé hé · yuè dé hé · sì xiāng · yīn dé · xiàng rì · jí qī · wǔ fù · jīn táng · Bright Hall

Inauspicious stars

jié shà · wǔ xū · bā fēng · chóng rì

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	White Tiger	Weddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Controller of Fate	Building and repairs · Building a stove
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Hooked Array	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
11:00–12:59	丙午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	丁未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	己酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59	壬子	Golden Coffer

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: 5 April 2016
Julian calendar: 23 March 2016 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingshen year (Monkey), month 2, day 28
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4349, month 2, day 28
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Monkey year, month 2, day 28
Hebrew calendar: 26 Adar II 5776 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 27 Jumada al-Akhirah 1437 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 17 Farvardin 1395 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 27 Megabit 2008 EC
Coptic calendar: 27 Paremhat 1732 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 16 Chaitra 1938 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 28, April 5
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 5 April BE 2559
Minguo calendar: 5 April, Minguo 105
Maya calendars: 13.0.3.6.1 9 Imix 4 Pop
Aztec calendars: 9 Cipactli (crocodile), 3 Tlaxochimaco
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 22 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2764 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. X Kal. Apr., 2769 AUC