Chinese almanac (Huangli), 11 April 2020

Saturday

Lunar date

农历庚子年三月十九

庚子 (Gengzi) · Year of the Rat · 庚辰甲申

Nayin Water in the Spring

Solar term

Pure Brightness

Pentad · tián shǔ huà wèi rú

Next solar term · Grain Rain 2020-04-19

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: Root · 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: 11 April 2020
Julian calendar: 29 March 2020 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengzi year (Rat), month 3, day 19
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4353, month 3, day 19
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Iron Rat year, month 2, day 19
Hebrew calendar: 17 Nisan 5780 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 18 Shaʿban 1441 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 23 Farvardin 1399 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 3 Miyazya 2012 EC
Coptic calendar: 3 Parmouti 1736 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 22 Chaitra 1942 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Reiwa 2, April 11
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 11 April BE 2563
Minguo calendar: 11 April, Minguo 109
Maya calendars: 13.0.7.7.8 7 Lamat 11 Pop
Aztec calendars: 7 Tochtli (rabbit), 10 Tlaxochimaco
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 29 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2768 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. IV Kal. Apr., 2773 AUC