Chinese almanac (Huangli), 4 April 2017

Tuesday · Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)

Lunar date

农历丁酉年三月初八

丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 甲辰辛酉

Nayin Pomegranate Wood

Solar term today

Pure Brightness

Pentad · tóng shǐ huá

Next solar term · Grain Rain 2017-04-20

Auspicious

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Cleansing and exorcism · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Opening a grave for reburial · Burial · Trimming nails · Catching pests · Hunting · Fishing · Removing mourning clothes · Putting on mourning clothes · Cleaning the house · Thanking the Earth God · Fasting and Taoist rites

Avoid

Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash: Rabbit · Sha direction east
Day god: Heavenly Virtue · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Initiate
Lunar mansion: Turtle Beak · inauspicious
Nine star: 一白水
Fetus god: 厨灶门外东南
Directions: Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 辛不合酱主人不尝酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Auspicious stars

liù hé · pǔ hù · chú shén · bǎo guāng · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

dà shí · dà bài · xián chí · xiǎo hào · sì fèi · wǔ xū · tǔ fú · wǔ lí

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 · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
03:00–04:59	庚寅	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59	辛卯	Bright Hall
07:00–08:59	壬辰	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	癸巳	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
11:00–12:59	甲午	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59	乙未	Heavenly Virtue	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove
15:00–16:59	丙申	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	丁酉	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59	戊戌	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
21:00–22:59	己亥	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Burial
23:00–23:59	庚子	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home

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 April 2017
Julian calendar: 22 March 2017 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingyou year (Rooster), month 3, day 8
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4350, month 3, day 8
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Rooster year, month 2, day 8
Hebrew calendar: 8 Nisan 5777 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 7 Rajab 1438 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 15 Farvardin 1396 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 26 Megabit 2009 EC
Coptic calendar: 26 Paremhat 1733 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 14 Chaitra 1939 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 29, April 4
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 4 April BE 2560
Minguo calendar: 4 April, Minguo 106
Maya calendars: 13.0.4.6.5 9 Chikchan 3 Pop
Aztec calendars: 9 Coatl (serpent), 2 Tlaxochimaco
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 21 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2765 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XI Kal. Apr., 2770 AUC