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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 March 2026

Sunday

Lunar date
农历丙午年正月二十
丙午 (Bingwu) · Year of the Horse · 辛卯 辛巳
Nayin White Wax Gold
Solar term
Awakening of Insects
Pentad · táo shǐ huá
Next solar term · Spring Equinox 2026-03-20
Auspicious

Consecrating sacred images · Sculpting and painting deities · Praying for children · Betrothal gifts · Cutting cloth for garments · Hanging bed curtains · Coming-of-age ceremony · Installing machinery · Making beams · Drilling post holes · Installing doors · Placing the bed · Building a granary · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Visiting family and friends · Praying for blessings · Setting up the loom · Receiving wealth · Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Starting school · Haircut · Setting up carpentry trestles

Avoid

Travel · Fasting and Taoist rites · Burial · Weddings

Clash
Pig · Sha direction east
Day god
Vermilion Bird · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer
Full
Lunar mansion
Room · auspicious
Nine star
六白金
Fetus god
厨灶床 外正西
Directions
Joy southwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos
辛不合酱主人不尝 巳不远行财物伏藏
Auspicious stars

tiān ēn · xiàng rì · yì mǎ · tiān hòu · tiān wū · fú dé · shèng xīn

Inauspicious stars

wǔ xū · tǔ fú · dà shà · wǎng wáng · chóng rì · Vermilion Bird

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59戊子White TigerWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Trading
01:00–02:59己丑Jade HallWeddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
03:00–04:59庚寅Heavenly PrisonWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
05:00–06:59辛卯Black TortoiseWeddings · Moving house · Opening for business · Burial
07:00–08:59壬辰Controller of FateBuilding and repairs · Building a stove
09:00–10:59癸巳Hooked ArrayWeddings · Moving into a new home · Burial · Thanksgiving to the gods
11:00–12:59甲午Azure DragonWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
13:00–14:59乙未Bright HallWeddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59丙申Heavenly PunishmentWeddings · Praying for blessings · Burial · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
17:00–18:59丁酉Vermilion BirdWeddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings
19:00–20:59戊戌Golden CofferWeddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59己亥Heavenly Virtue
23:00–23:59庚子Golden Coffer

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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