Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 February 2017

Wednesday

Lunar date

农历丁酉年正月十二

丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 壬寅丙寅

Nayin Fire in the Furnace

Solar term

Start of Spring

Pentad · zhé chóng shǐ zhèn

Next solar term · Rain Water 2017-02-18

Auspicious

Consecrating sacred images · Cleansing and exorcism · Felling trees · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Trading · Signing contracts · Acquiring livestock · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burial

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Travel · Moving house · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Weddings · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Building a stove

Clash: Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god: Heavenly Punishment · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Establish
Lunar mansion: Three Stars · auspicious
Nine star: 九紫火
Fetus god: 厨灶炉外正南
Directions: Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丙不修灶必见灾殃寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Auspicious stars

yuè dé · tiān ēn · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · wáng rì · tiān cāng · bù jiàng · yào ān · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yuè jiàn · xiǎo shí · tǔ fǔ · wǎng wáng · Heavenly Punishment

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	戊子	Azure Dragon	Travel · Taking up a post · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59	己丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59	庚寅	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59	辛卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
07:00–08:59	壬辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
09:00–10:59	癸巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
11:00–12:59	甲午	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
13:00–14:59	乙未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	丙申	Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59	丁酉	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
19:00–20:59	戊戌	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	己亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
23:00–23:59	庚子	Controller of Fate	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building a stove · Thanksgiving to the gods

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: 8 February 2017
Julian calendar: 26 January 2017 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingyou year (Rooster), month 1, day 12
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4350, month 1, day 12
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Monkey year, month 12, day 12
Hebrew calendar: 12 Shevat 5777 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 11 Jumada al-Ula 1438 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 20 Bahman 1395 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 1 Yekatit 2009 EC
Coptic calendar: 1 Meshir 1733 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 19 Magha 1938 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 29, February 8
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 8 February BE 2560
Minguo calendar: 8 February, Minguo 106
Maya calendars: 13.0.4.3.10 6 Ok 13 Pax
Aztec calendars: 6 Itzcuintli (dog), 7 Etzalcualiztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 26 Payni, Shemu (harvest), year 2765 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VII Kal. Feb., 2770 AUC