Chinese almanac (Huangli), 2 May 2024

Thursday

Lunar date

农历甲辰年三月廿四

甲辰 (Jiachen) · Year of the Dragon · 戊辰丙寅

Nayin Fire in the Furnace

Solar term

Grain Rain

Pentad · dài shèng jiàng yú sāng

Next solar term · Start of Summer 2024-05-05

Auspicious

Installing the household altar · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Weddings · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Hanging a signboard · Consecrating sacred images · Travel · Cleansing and exorcism · Placing the bed · Planting · Buying property · Demolition · Building and repairs · Breaking ground

Avoid

Building a stove · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Encoffining

Clash: Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god: Controller of Fate · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer: Open
Lunar mansion: Horn · auspicious
Nine star: 六白金
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 kōng · tiān ēn · sì xiāng · yáng dé · wáng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · shí yáng · shēng qì · liù yí · xù shì · wǔ hé · Controller of Fate · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

yàn duì · zhāo yáo · xuè jì

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: 2 May 2024
Julian calendar: 19 April 2024 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Jiachen year (Dragon), month 3, day 24
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4357, month 3, day 24
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Wood Dragon year, month 3, day 24
Hebrew calendar: 24 Nisan 5784 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 23 Shawwal 1445 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 13 Ordibehesht 1403 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 24 Miyazya 2016 EC
Coptic calendar: 24 Parmouti 1740 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 12 Vaishakha 1946 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Reiwa 6, May 2
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 2 May BE 2567
Minguo calendar: 2 May, Minguo 113
Maya calendars: 13.0.11.9.10 7 Ok 13 Wo'
Aztec calendars: 7 Itzcuintli (dog), 12 Xocotlhuetzi
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 16 Thoth, Akhet (inundation), year 2773 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. XIII Kal. Mai., 2777 AUC