Auspicious Hour To Deposit Money on Li Chun 2021: Hacks to Avoid the Queue!
Li Chun Starts on 3 February 2021
Known as “the Beginning of Spring”, Li Chun 2021 falls on 3 February this year. It is believed that for every Zodiac, by depositing money during a certain auspicious hour assigned to you, you will get to enjoy good fortune for the rest of the year.
In Singapore, we have a culture of queueing to deposit money on Li Chun, which is perfectly in-line with Singaporeans’ favourite hobby of queuing.
With the pandemic still lurking this Chinese New Year, we recommend that you practise social distancing while queueing at the ATM.
Here’s the best time to deposit money this year!
The Best Time to Deposit Money This Li Chun 2021 (According to Your Chinese Zodiac)
- The most auspicious hours to deposit money will be on 4 February 2021, from 9am to 11am. This is for all the zodiacs, except Rat, Ox, Snake and Rooster.
- Li Chun stretches from 3 February 2021, 10.08pm to be exact.
- It stretches all the way to 4 February 2021, 9pm.
Hence, if you need the notes deposit machine for other needs other than for luck, do avoid this timing.
Auspicious Colours for Each Zodiac
Each Zodiac will also have their auspicious colours which you may consider wearing to deposit your cash.
| Zodiac | Auspicious Colour |
|---|---|
| Rat | Blue, Black, White, Gold |
| Ox | Blue, Black |
| Tiger | Yellow, Brown, Red, Orange |
| Rabbit | Green, Yellow, Brown |
| Dragon | Green, White, Gold |
| Snake | Red, orange, White, Gold |
| Horse | Green, Yellow, Brown |
| Goat | Red, Orange |
| Monkey | Blue, Black, Yellow, brown |
| Rooster | White, Gold, Yellow, Brown |
| Dog | Green, Red, Orange |
| Pig | Blue, Black, Green |
Breaking Down the Li Chun Timing
For strong believers of Li Chun, who does not have that strong a physical fitness to be queueing for hours just to deposit money, we got your back!
Upon researching the auspicious hours for all the Zodiacs, we managed to recognise some of the peak hours where we believe most people will want to be depositing their money.
Do take into account that there is usually a spike in number for babies born in the year of Dragon. Other Zodiac might wish to avoid timings that coincide with the “Huat” timings of those born in the year of Dragon.
| Time | "Huat" timing for which Zodiac? | Total number of Zodiacs in this timing |
|---|---|---|
| 9pm - 11pm (3 February 2021) | Tiger, Rabbit, Goat | 3 |
| 11pm - 1am (4 February 2021) | Ox, Dragon, Monkey | 3 (Including Dragon) |
| 3am - 5am (4 February 2021) | Horse, Dog, Pig | 3 |
| 5am - 7am (4 February 2021) | Goat, Dog and Pig | 3 |
| 7am - 9am (4 February 2021) | Rat, Monkey and Rooster | 3 |
| 9am - 11am (4 February 2021) | Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Dog and Pig | 8 (Most 'Huat' hours) |
| 11am - 1pm (4 February 2021) | Tiger, Goat, Dog | 3 |
| 1pm - 3pm (4 February 2021) | Rabbit, Horse and Pig | 3 |
| 3pm - 5pm (4 February 2021) | Rat, Dragon, Snake | 3 (Including Dragon) |
| 7pm - 9pm (4 February 2021) | Tiger, Rabbit, Horse | 3 |
We noticed that the most peak hour will be on 4 February 2021 from 9am to 11am.
Of course, we do not recommend queueing at the ATM due to the pandemic, hence, we stated a few possible solutions below where you can deposit money at the comfort of your home.
How Much Is an Hour of Your Time Worth?
It is a common sight to see Singaporeans queuing at the cash deposit machines hoping to make it in time to deposit some cash during their auspicious hours.
My personal experience in the past involves up to one and a half hours of queuing.
Note: I’m not really the most superstitious guy around, but it was during office hours with my colleagues. Hence, I’m cool with it. Anything to shave a few hours off work!
Taking a step back, it will be good to pay extra attention to how much is one hour of our time worth to see if it makes sense to queue for the annual Li Chun Cash Deposit Movement.
Assuming an individual:
- Work 9 hours a day from 9am to 6pm.
Sleeps 7 hours a day (a healthy amount of sleep according to science)
- Willing to queue behind 15 people, with an estimated queue time of 1 hour 4 mins for a $100 gift certificate.
- Willing to pay up to $50 to sort out this mess of arranging these screws into their respecting category.
- Willing to pay $50 for cab fare to prevent waiting for a bus that is arriving in 2 hours.
- Earns the median Singaporean salary of about $3,861
- Willing to work through Chinese New Year with 100% overtime pay.
With the above, your one hour of spare time will be worth $55.
Which means that for every hour you spend queuing, the opportunity cost is $55.
Hacks to Avoid the Queue This LI Chun
Given the advancement in technology, there are definitely ways we can hack around the process and make us queue lesser.
Improving the Current LI Chun Process With E-Wallets
Our current procedure involves:
- Queuing at the ATM
- Taking money out of our physical wallet
- Depositing it into the bank account
This process, however, results in long queues at the cash deposit machines and time wastage while queuing:
With the advancement in technology, and without compromising on the actual mechanism on how money travels:
- Transfer some money into your E-wallet, eg. PayLah
- Transfer money from E-wallet back to your bank account
- All in the comfort of your home.
