Chinese almanac (Huangli), 27 April 2017

Thursday

Lunar date

农历丁酉年四月初二

丁酉 (Dingyou) · Year of the Rooster · 甲辰甲申

Nayin Water in the Spring

Solar term

Grain Rain

Pentad · míng jiū fú qí yǔ

Next solar term · Start of Summer 2017-05-05

Auspicious

Making carts and tools · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Fasting and Taoist rites · Opening for business · Trading · Installing machinery · Carving · Consecrating sacred images · Roofing · Closing the roof ridge · Laying foundations · Setting column bases · Installing doors · Acquiring livestock · Burial · Preparing one's own tomb · Erecting a tombstone · Thanking the Earth God

Avoid

Moving into a new home · Breaking ground · Opening granaries · Shipping goods

Clash: Tiger · Sha direction south
Day god: Golden Coffer · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Stable
Lunar mansion: Legs · inauspicious
Nine star: 六白金
Fetus god: 占门炉外西北
Directions: Joy northeast · Wealth northeast · Fortune southeast
Peng Zu's taboos: 甲不开仓财物耗散申不安床鬼祟入房

Auspicious stars

sān hé · lín rì · shí yīn · jìng ān · chú shén · Golden Coffer · míng fèi

Inauspicious stars

yuè yàn · dì huǒ · sǐ qì · wǎng wáng · wǔ lí · xíng hěn

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	甲子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	乙丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59	丙寅	Heavenly Punishment
05:00–06:59	丁卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
07:00–08:59	戊辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Burial
09:00–10:59	己巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Closing the roof ridge
11:00–12:59	庚午	White Tiger	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Praying for blessings
13:00–14:59	辛未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	壬申	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
17:00–18:59	癸酉	Black Tortoise	Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
19:00–20:59	甲戌	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
21:00–22:59	乙亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
23:00–23:59	丙子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial

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: 27 April 2017
Julian calendar: 14 April 2017 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingyou year (Rooster), month 4, day 2
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4350, month 4, day 2
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Rooster year, month 3, day 1
Hebrew calendar: 1 Iyar 5777 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 1 Shaʿban 1438 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 7 Ordibehesht 1396 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 19 Miyazya 2009 EC
Coptic calendar: 19 Parmouti 1733 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 7 Vaishakha 1939 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Heisei 29, April 27
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 27 April BE 2560
Minguo calendar: 27 April, Minguo 106
Maya calendars: 13.0.4.7.8 6 Lamat 6 Wo'
Aztec calendars: 6 Tochtli (rabbit), 5 Xocotlhuetzi
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 9 Thoth, Akhet (inundation), year 2766 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XVIII Kal. Mai., 2770 AUC