Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 May 2037

Monday

Lunar date

农历丁巳年四月初四

丁巳 (Dingsi) · Year of the Snake · 乙巳庚寅

Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood

Solar term

Start of Summer

Pentad · wáng guā shēng

Next solar term · Grain Buds 2037-05-21

Auspicious

Cleansing and exorcism · Travel · Betrothal gifts · Coming-of-age ceremony · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Building a stove · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock

Avoid

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Felling trees · Setting up carpentry trestles · Placing the bed · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Burial · Repairing tombs · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash: Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god: Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Receive
Lunar mansion: Heart · inauspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
Fetus god: 碓磨炉外正北
Directions: Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 庚不经络织机虚张寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Auspicious stars

yuè dé · mǔ cāng · jìng ān · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · jié shà · yuè hài · tǔ fú · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	丙子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59	丁丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
03:00–04:59	戊寅	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59	己卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59	庚辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	辛巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	壬午	White Tiger	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59	癸未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	甲申	Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59	乙酉	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	丙戌	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	丁亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59	戊子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home

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: 18 May 2037
Julian calendar: 5 May 2037 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Dingsi year (Snake), month 4, day 4
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4370, month 4, day 4
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Snake year, month 4, day 3
Hebrew calendar: 4 Sivan 5797 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 2 Rabiʿ al-Thani 1459 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 29 Ordibehesht 1416 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 10 Ginbot 2029 EC
Coptic calendar: 10 Pashons 1753 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 28 Vaishakha 1959 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Reiwa 19, May 18
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 18 May BE 2580
Minguo calendar: 18 May, Minguo 126
Maya calendars: 13.1.4.13.14 13 Ix 12 Sip
Aztec calendars: 13 Ocelotl (jaguar), 11 Ochpaniztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 5 Phaophi, Akhet (inundation), year 2786 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. III Non. Mai., 2790 AUC