What is Lunar Date today (February 1): Auspicious/ Inauspicious, Lucky/ Evil Directions for 12 Chinese zodiac signs

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Auspicious Activities/ Auspicious Times of Lunar Calendar

Today is a good day for Marriage Engagement, Sacrifice, Praying for Pregnancy, Meet Friend/Relative, Tear Down Building, House Cleaning, Hang a Business Sign, Digging a Well, Weaving Fishing Net, Growing Plants, Buy Livestock/Pets, Break Ground for Tomb, Set up a Monument, Funeral, Encoffining. You’d better do these things between some period of times including 03:00-04:59(寅時), 07:00-08:59(辰時), 9:00-10:59(巳時), 17:00-18:59(酉時), 21:00-22:59(亥時), according to Your Chinese Astrology.

*An auspicious time is a good time of the day, particularly a time in which good things are likely to happen. It usually is said about a time that opens up a new future or might open up a new future.

Lunar Date Today: Inauspicious Activities/ Inauspicious Times

To avoid bad things coming in your way, you shouldn’t do these things on February, or Dec 20 (2020) on lunar date: Pray for Good Luck, Wedding, Build a Temple, Bed Installation. To avoid possible bad lucks, you should keep things away from these periods of Inauspicious Times: 23:00-00:59(子時), 01:00-02:59(丑時), 05:00-06:59(卯時), 11:00-12:59(午時), 13:00-14:59(未時), 15:00-16:59(申時), 19:00-20:59(戌時).

Here are details of Lucky/Unlucky Hours and Directions throughout 12 Hours of the Lunar Date of February 1 for 12 Zodiac Signs:

1. Time Periods: Rat -Zi (23:00-00:59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: GengWu/ Horse (1930, 1990)

Evil Directions: South

Auspicious Activities: Praying for Pregnancy, Marriage Engagement, Decorating House, Business Trading

Inauspicious Activities: Build House, Take Office, Decorating House, Moving

Travel, Take Legal Action

Lucky Direction: South West

Wealth Direction: West

2. Time Periods: Chou – Ox (01:00-02:59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Xin Wei/ Sheep (1931, 1991)

Evil Directions: East

Auspicious Activities: Residence Relocation, Funeral, Sacrifice, Thanksgiving Ritual, Marriage Engagement

Inauspicious Activities: Take Office, Travel, Decorating House, Break Ground for Building

Lucky Direction: South

Wealth Direction: West

3. Time Periods: Yin – Tiger (03:00-04:59)

Good/Bad: Good

Clash: Ren Shen/ Monkey (1932, 1992)

Evil Directions: North

Auspicious Activities: Stove Installation, Sacrifice, Thanksgiving Ritual, Decorating House, Take Office, Travel, Residence Relocation, Moving, Funeral

Inauspicious Activities: Pray for Good Luck

Lucky Direction: South East

Wealth Direction: North

4. Time Periods: Mao – Rabbit (05:00 -06:59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Gui You/ Rooster (1933, 1993)

Evil Directions: West

Auspicious Activities: Praying for Pregnancy, Marriage Engagement, Decorating House, Residence Relocation, Business Trading, Funeral, Take Office, Travel

Inauspicious Activities: Pray for Good Luck, Thanksgiving Ritual

Lucky Direction: North East

Wealth Direction: North

5. Time Periods: Chen- Dragon (07:00- 08:59)

Good/Bad: Good

Clash: Jia Xu/ Dog (1934, 1994)

Evil Directions: South

Auspicious Activities: Marriage Engagement, Moving, Residence Relocation, Funeral, Take Office, Travel

Inauspicious Activities: Build a Bridge, Board a Ship, Decorating House, Break Ground for Building

Lucky Direction: North West

Wealth Direction: East

6. Time Periods: Si- Snake (09:00-10:59)

Good/Bad: Good

Clash: Yi Hai/ Pig (1935, 1995)

Evil Directions: East

Auspicious Activities: Praying for Pregnancy, Moving, Residence Relocation, Decorating House, Business Trading, Funeral, Sacrifice, Thanksgiving Ritual

Inauspicious Activities: Nothing

Lucky Direction: South West

Wealth Direction: South

7. Time Periods: Wu – Horse (11:00-12:59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Bing Zi – Rat (1936-1996)

Evil Directions: North

Auspicious Activities: Travel, Thanksgiving Ritual

Inauspicious Activities: Take Office, Take Legal Action, Pray for Good Luck, Consecration Ceremony

Lucky Direction: South

Wealth Direction: South

8. Time Periods: Wei – Sheep (13:00-14:59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Ding Chou – Ox (1937, 1997)

Evil Directions: West

Auspicious Activities: Adopting Children, Moving, Funeral, Thanksgiving Ritual

Inauspicious Activities: Pray for Good Luck, Consecration Ceremony, Take Office, Travel

Lucky Direction: South East

Wealth Direction: South

9. Time Periods: Shen – Monkey (15:00-16-59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Geng Yin –Tiger (1938, 1998)

Evil Directions: South

Auspicious Activities: Take Office, Travel, Marriage Engagement, Residence Relocation, Decorating House, Praying for Pregnancy

Inauspicious Activities: Consecration Ceremony, Decorating House

Lucky Direction: North East

Wealth Direction: South East

10. Time Periods: You – Rooster (17:00-18:59)

Good/Bad: Good

Clash: Ji Mao – Rabit (1939, 1999)

Evil Directions: East

Auspicious Activities: Praying for Pregnancy, Moving, Residence Relocation, Decorating House, Business Trading, Funeral, Sacrifice, Thanksgiving Ritual

Inauspicious Activities: Nothing

Lucky Direction: North West

Wealth Direction: South East

11. Time Periods: Xu- Dog (19:00-20:59)

Good/Bad: Bad

Clash: Geng Chen – Dragon (1940, 2000)

Evil Directions: North

Auspicious Activities: Nothing Suitable

Inauspicious Activities: Nothing

Lucky Direction: South West

Wealth Direction: West

12. Time Periods: Hai – Pig (21:00-22:59)

Good/Bad: Good

Clash: Xin Si – Snake (1941, 2001)

Evil Directions: West

Auspicious Activities: Decorating House, Residence Relocation, Funeral, Take Office, Travel, Marriage Engagement, Adopting Children, Moving

Inauspicious Activities: Nothing

Lucky Direction: South

Wealth Direction: West

History Events on January 28

Photo: Time and Date

* 1973 Outfielder Monte Irvin is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Special Committee on the Negro Leagues; fourth inductee through the committee

* 1974 Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory.

* 1975 "Hoppy, Gene & Me" by Roy Rogers peaks at #65

* 1975 "Men on the Moon" closes at Little Theater NYC after 5 performances

* 1975 Otis Francis Tabler is 1st open homosexual to get security clearance to work for the Defense Department

* 1976 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV

* 1976 Sonny & Cher resume TV show, despite real-life divorce

* 1977 Blizzard in upstate New York and Southern Ontario claims 23 lives

* 1978 Harriet Tubman is 1st African American woman to be honored on a US postage stamp

* 1978 Director Roman Polanski skips bail & fled to France after pleading guilty to charges of engaging in sex with a 13-year-old girl

* 1979 Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years in exile

* 1979 Patricia Hearst is released from prison for bank robbery

* 1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

* 1979 English international forward Trevor Francis becomes Britain’s first £1 million soccer player when he transfers from Birmingham City to Nottingham Forest

* 1980 Sears Radio Theater moves from CBS to Mutual Broadcasting System

* 1980 Soap opera "Love of Life" ends a 28 year run

* 1980 "Call Me" single released by Blondie (Billboard Song of the Year 1980)

* 1981 Duke Ellington's musical "Sophisticated Ladies," premieres in NYC

* 1981 Dutch Antilles census is 231,932

* 1981 French government accord sends 60 Mirage fighter jets to Iraq

* 1981 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: NFC beats AFC, 21-7; MVP: Eddie Murray, Detroit Lions, PK

* 1981 Australian cricket captain Greg Chappell sensationally instructs younger brother Trevor to bowl underarm to Brian McKechnie with NZ needing 6 from last ball to tie 3rd World Series ODI in Melbourne; Australia wins by 6

* 1981 31st NBA All-Star Game, Coliseum at Richfield, OH: East beats West, 123-120; MVP: Nate Archibald, Boston Celtics, PG

* 1982 "Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV, Bill Murray is first guest

* 1982 Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)

* 1983 USSR performs underground nuclear test

* 1984 China & Netherlands regain diplomatic relations

* 1984 American lawyer and businessman David Stern becomes NBA Commissioner, succeeding Larry O'Brien; stays in position until 2014

* 1984 Indian diplomat Ravindra Mhatre kidnapped and murdered by Kashmiri terrorists in Birmingham, England

* 1985 -61°F (-52°C), Maybell, Colorado (state record)

* 1985 -69°F (-56°C), Peter's Sink, Utah (state record)

* 1985 Patient innings from Dilip Vengsarkar (137) and Mohammad Azharuddin (122) set India up for 5th cricket Test draw vs England in Kanpur; Azharuddin, 3 centuries in 1st 3 Tests

* 1986 KHJ-AM in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KRTH

* 1987 163 day strike against Deere & Co ends, workers accept wage freeze

1987 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 10-6; MVP: Reggie White, Philadelphia Eagles, DE

* 1987 Danielle Steel’s romance novel “Fine Things” is published

* 1989 Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 at perihelion

1989 Diana, Princess of Wales visits New York City

* Princess of Wales Diana Spencer

* 1989 The Western Australian towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder amalgamate to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

* 1991 Afghanistan and Pakistan hit by earthquake, 1,200 die

* 1991 Australian cricket fast bowler Craig McDermott sets up a 9 wicket, 5th Test win over England with a career best 8-97 in Perth

* 1991 South African President F. W. de Klerk says he will repeal all apartheid laws

* 1991 US Air & Skywest Fairchild jet collide at LA Airport killing 32

* 1991 American writer John Grisham publishes his second novel "The Firm" (bestselling novel of the year)

* 1992 "Crazy He Calls Me" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 7 performances

* 1992 Slugging outfielder Barry Bonds signs highest single year contract in MLB history, $4.7 million with Pittsburgh Pirates

* 1993 NY Judge Sol Wachtler indicted for harassing Joy Silverman

* 1993 Soyuz TM-16 lands

* 1994 Large meteorite falls near Kusaie, Pacific Ocean

* 1994 South African cricket fast bowler Fanie de Villiers bravely survives 197 minutes for 30 on last day of 3rd Test against Australia in Adelaide; Proteas finally all out 129; Australia win by 191, draw series

* 1994 Jeff Gillooly pleads guilty for his part in attack on American Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan; plea bargain, confesses to racketeering in exchange for testimony implicating ex-wife Tonya Harding

* 1995 Amtrak NY-Tampa run ends

* 1995 Zimbabwe batsmen Andy (156) & Grant Flower (201) set world record brotherly stand of 269 to propel Zimbabwe to first ever victory in Test cricket in 1st Test against Pakistan in Harare

* 1995 Belgium's TV channel VT4 goes on the air

* 1995 Utah Jazz guard John Stockton passes Magic Johnson's all-time NBA assists mark of 9,221, in a 129-98 win over the Denver Nuggets at the Delta Centre in Salt Lake City

* 1996 The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.

* 1997 Future Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Ray Bourque scores a goal and an assist to become the Boston Bruins' all-time scoring leader, with 1,341 points in an 18-year NHL career

* 1998 "Street Corner Symphony" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 79 performances

* 1998 NFL Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI: AFC beats NFC, 29-24; MVP: Warren Moon, Seattle Seahawks, QB, HI

* 1998 Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.

* 1998 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia wins his first and only Grand Slam event; beats Marcelo Rios of Chile 6-2, 6-2, 6-2

* 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

* 2004 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

* 2004 Wardrobe malfunction: Janet Jackson's breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines.

* 2004 Super Bowl XXXVIII, Reliant Stadium, Houston, TX: New England Patriots beat Carolina Panthers, 32-29; MVP: Tom Brady, New England, QB

* 2004 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Roger Federer wins his first Australian title; beats Marat Safin of Russia 7-6, 6-4, 6-2

* 2005 Nepalese King Gyanendra exercises Coup d'état to capture the democracy becoming Chairman of the Councils of ministers.

2005 Canada introduces the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage.

* 2005 Arsenal’s English Premier League record 33-game unbeaten streak at home ends when the Gunners go down, 4-2 to Manchester United at Highbury

* 2006 Economist Ben Bernanke becomes chairman of the US Federal Reserve, succeeding Alan Greenspan

* 2006 High school senior Epiphanny Prince scores US girls national prep basketball record 113 points in Murry Bergtraum HS's 137-32 win over Brandeis HS; surpasses Cheryl Miller's 105

* 2008 Canadian jockey Russell Baze rides his 10,000th career winner aboard Two Step Cat in 3rd race at Golden Gate Fields, Albany, CA; prevails in a 3-horse photo finish

* 2008 Minnesota starter Johan Santana signs a 6-year, $137.5 million deal with the New York Mets to become the highest-paid pitcher in MLB history; trade from Twins to Mets official the next day

* 2009 Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is elected as the first female Prime Minister of Iceland, becoming the first openly gay Head of Government in the modern world.

* 2009 Super Bowl XLIII, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Arizona Cardinals, 27-23; MVP: Santonio Holmes, Pittsburgh, WR

* 2009 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Spanish ace Rafael Nadal wins his first Australian title; beats Roger Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-2

* 2012 At least 73 people are killed in the Egyptian football riots in Port Said

* 2013 John Kerry succeeds Hillary Clinton as US Secretary of State

* 2013 The Nigerian Army bombs a Boko Haram camp, killing 18 people

* 2013 21 people are killed and 30 are wounded by a market suicide bombing in Hangu, Pakistan

* 2013 26 people are killed after a fireworks truck explodes and causes a highway to collapse in Henan, China

* 2013 Zenit-3SL, a Ukrainian-Russian carrier rocket, fails 40 seconds after liftoff and crashes into the Pacific Ocean

* 2013 "House of Cards", starring Kevin Spacey as Frank Underwood and Robin Wright as his wife, is released on Netflix

* 2013 44th NAACP Image Awards: "Red Tails" wins Outstanding Motion Picture

* 2014 Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning becomes all-time record-holder for MVP trophies, winning his 5th at the NFL Honours in New York; also 2013 Offensive Player of the Year

* 2014 14 people are killed after Mount Sinabung erupts in Indonesia

* 2014 Ray Guy (Oakland/LA Raiders) becomes second pure kicker, and first pure punter to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

* 2014 Syrian civil war death toll reaches 130,000, while 4 million are displaced

* 2014 American businessman and lawyer Adam Silver becomes the 5th NBA Commissioner

* 2014 Janet Yellen becomes Chair of the US Federal Reserve, succeeding Ben Bernanke

* 2015 Super Bowl XLIX, University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, AZ: New England Patriots beat Seattle Seahawks, 28-24; MVP: Tom Brady, New England, QB

* 2015 France defeats Qatar, 25-22 to win the World Men's Handball Championship in Lusail, Qatar

* 2015 Australian Open Men's Tennis: Serbian ace Novak Đoković wins an Open era record 5th men's singles crown, beating Scotsman Andy Murray 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0

* 2015 31st Sundance Film Festival: "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" wins Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

* 2016 WHO declares a global public health emergency over the rapid spread of zika-linked conditions

* 2016 Alphabet, Google's parent company surpasses Apple as the world's most valuable company ($568bn vs $535bn), after releasing income results

* 2016 Myanmar's first freely elected parliament in 50 years has its opening session in Nay Pyi Taw

* 2016 Iowa Caucuses: Republican Ted Cruz defeats Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton beats Bernie Sanders by a coin toss

* 2016 Poor weather conditions strand 100,000 Chinese New Year travelers at a railway station in Guangzhou, China

* 2017 Rex Tillerson confirmed as 69th US Secretary of State

* 2017 British MPs vote in favour of the European Union Bill, allowing the government to begin Brexit

* 2018 The Indian government announces plan to give 500 million people free healthcare

* 2018 Archaeologists announce discovery of thousands of undetected structures in Mayan lowland civilisation, Guatemala, using Lidar, suggests population of 10 million

* 2019 US President Donald Trump confirms US withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty because of Russia's violation of the treaty

* 2019 January 2019 was Australia's hottest month on record according to the Bureau of Meteorology

* 2020 Australian Open Women's Tennis: 21 year old American Sofia Kenin wins her first Grand Slam title with a 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 victory over Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain

* 2020 Locusts swarm across East Africa leads Somalia to declare national emergency, largest in 25 years

* 2020 Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, appointed the new Prime Minister of Iraq by President Barham Salih after 4 months of protests

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