Chinese almanac (Huangli), 8 March 2050

Tuesday · Purim

Lunar date

农历庚午年二月十六

庚午 (Gengwu) · Year of the Horse · 己卯丁亥

Nayin Earth on the Roof

Solar term

Awakening of Insects

Pentad · táo shǐ huá

Next solar term · Spring Equinox 2050-03-20

Auspicious

Opening for business · Signing contracts · Trading · Hanging a signboard · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating sacred images · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Placing the bed · Demolition · Breaking ground · Raising the ridge beam · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)

Avoid

Weddings · Funeral procession · Setting up carpentry trestles · Making beams · Haircut · Raising livestock · Burial · Acquiring livestock · Felling trees

Clash: Snake · Sha direction west
Day god: Black Tortoise · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Success
Lunar mansion: Tail · auspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
Fetus god: 仓库床外西北
Directions: Joy south · Wealth southwest · Fortune east
Peng Zu's taboos: 丁不剃头头必生疮亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Auspicious stars

mǔ cāng · yuè ēn · sì xiāng · sān hé · lín rì · tiān xǐ · tiān yī · bù jiàng

Inauspicious stars

chóng rì · yuán wǔ

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	庚子	White Tiger	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
01:00–02:59	辛丑	Jade Hall	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
03:00–04:59	壬寅	Heavenly Prison	Weddings · Burial · Building and repairs · Closing the roof ridge
05:00–06:59	癸卯	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
07:00–08:59	甲辰	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Taking up a post
09:00–10:59	乙巳	Hooked Array
11:00–12:59	丙午	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
13:00–14:59	丁未	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Moving into a new home
15:00–16:59	戊申	Heavenly Punishment	Moving into a new home · Burial · Building and repairs
17:00–18:59	己酉	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Travel · Praying for blessings · Burial
19:00–20:59	庚戌	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial
21:00–22:59	辛亥	Heavenly Virtue	Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Thanksgiving to the gods · Seeking wealth
23:00–23:59	壬子	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Opening for business · Burial · Seeking wealth

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: 8 March 2050
Julian calendar: 23 February 2050 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Gengwu year (Horse), month 2, day 16
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4383, month 2, day 15
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 18, Iron Horse year, month 1, day 15
Hebrew calendar: 14 Adar 5810 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 14 Jumada al-Akhirah 1472 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 18 Esfand 1428 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 29 Yekatit 2042 EC
Coptic calendar: 29 Meshir 1766 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 17 Phalguna 1971 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Reiwa 32, March 8
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 8 March BE 2593
Minguo calendar: 8 March, Minguo 139
Maya calendars: 13.1.17.13.11 10 Chuwen 9 Kumk'u
Aztec calendars: 10 Ozomahtli (monkey), 3 Huei Tecuilhuitl
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 2 Mesori, Shemu (harvest), year 2798 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. VII Kal. Mart., 2803 AUC