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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 3 March 2026

Tuesday · Lantern Festival · Purim

Lunar date
农历丙午年正月十五
丙午 (Bingwu) · Year of the Horse · 庚寅 丙子
Nayin Water in the Ravine
Solar term
Rain Water
Pentad · cǎo mù méng dòng
Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 2026-03-05
Auspicious

Betrothal gifts · Weddings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Travel · Opening for business · Visiting family and friends · Breaking ground · Breaking ground for a grave · Opening a grave for reburial

Avoid

Moving house · Moving into a new home · Moving the altar fire before renovation · Installing doors · Burial

Clash
Horse · Sha direction south
Day god
Azure Dragon · Yellow Path (auspicious)
Day officer
Open
Lunar mansion
Wings · inauspicious
Nine star
一白水
Fetus god
厨灶碓 外西南
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos
丙不修灶必见灾殃 子不问卜自惹祸殃
Auspicious stars

yuè dé · mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · shí yáng · shēng qì · bù jiàng · yì hòu · Azure Dragon · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

zāi shà · tiān huǒ · chù shuǐ lóng

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子Golden CofferTravel · Taking up a post · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods
01:00–02:59己丑Heavenly VirtueWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59庚寅White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
05:00–06:59辛卯Jade HallWeddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59壬辰Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
09:00–10:59癸巳Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial
11:00–12:59甲午Controller of Fate
13:00–14:59乙未Hooked Array
15:00–16:59丙申Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
17:00–18:59丁酉Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving into a new home · Taking up a post
19:00–20:59戊戌Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Burial
21:00–22:59己亥Vermilion BirdWeddings · Travel · Praying for children · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59庚子Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business

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.

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