Auspicious is a Latin-derived word originally pertaining to the taking of ' auspices' by the

augur An augur was a priest and official in the classical Roman world. His main role was the practice of augury, the interpretation of the will of the gods by studying the flight of birds. Determinations were based upon whether they were flying i ...

s of ancient Rome. It may refer to: * Luck * Auspicious number in

numerology Numerology (also known as arithmancy) is the belief in an occult, divine or mystical relationship between a number and one or more coinciding events. It is also the study of the numerical value, via an alphanumeric system, of the letters in ...

* Eight auspicious symbols; see

Ashtamangala The Ashtamangala is a sacred suite of ''Eight Auspicious Signs'' endemic to a number of religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. The symbols or "symbolic attributes" () are yidam and teaching tools. Not only do these attributes (or e ...

* Auspicious wedding date *

Auspicious train ticket Auspicious train tickets () refer to train tickets with auspicious messages on them derived from the beginning and end stations on the ticket. Messages often employ homophonic puns in both Mandarin and Hokkien and shuffling the order of character ...

* In English discourse on aspects of Chinese culture, the word "auspicious" is a significant concept in: **

Chinese New Year Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a New Year, new year on the traditional lunisolar calendar, lunisolar and solar Chinese calendar. In Sinophone, Chinese and other East Asian cultures, the festival is commonly r ...

** Numbers in Chinese culture ** Feng shui **

The Song to the Auspicious Cloud The Song to the Auspicious Cloud () was the title of two historical national anthems of the Republic of China. The first version was composed in 1896 by Jean Hautstont, a Belgian composer and esperantist, and was in use from 1913 to 1915 as a pro ...

, an anthem of the Republic of China * In Tibetan Buddhism: **

Great Auspicious Beauty The Great Auspicious Beauty Tantra or Trashi Dzenden Chenpögyü () is numbered amongst the 'Seventeen Tantras of Menngagde' () within Dzogchen discourse and is part of the textual support for the Vima Nyingtik. Kunsang (1987, 2007: p. 8 ...

, one of the Seventeen Tantras of Menngagde * In Thai culture: ** The Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems; see

Order of the Nine Gems The Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems ( th, เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นโบราณมงคลนพรัตนราชวราภรณ์; ) was established in 1851 by ...

** The Most Auspicious Order of the Rajamitrabhorn; see

Order of the Rajamitrabhorn The Most Auspicious Order of the Rajamitrabhorn ( th, เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นมงคลยิ่งราชมิตราภรณ์; ) is the highest royal order of Thailand. It ...

* The Auspicious Incident, an event in the history of the Ottoman Empire

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