Chinese Almanac Today & Auspicious Dates | OpenFate
Check today's Chinese almanac or any date for auspicious activities, lucky hours, solar terms, clashes, and nearby dates. Traditional labels are not guarantees.
Quick Answer
The tool calculates dated Huangli fields under the selected basis and keeps traditional labels separate from practical outcomes. An auspicious label does not guarantee success or safety.
What You Can Use It For
See the date, selected basis, solar term, activities, hours, clashes, Tai position, and annual directions together.
Distinguish calculated calendar fields from traditional auspicious or inauspicious interpretation.
Use one lookup for cultural reference and low-stakes planning.
Best For
People checking a traditional Chinese almanac date and its calculation basis.
Readers comparing daily activities, hours, clashes, and solar terms.
Cultural reference and low-stakes planning—not safety, medical, financial, or legal decisions.
FAQ
Common questions about this OpenFate tool.
What does the Huangli lookup calculate?
It displays dated calendar fields such as solar terms, activity labels, hours, clashes, Tai positions, and annual directions under the basis selected on the page.
Why can Huangli results differ between tools?
Tools can use different date boundaries, timezones, local-versus-traditional bases, source tables, or interpretive rules. Compare the stated basis before comparing labels.
Does an auspicious date guarantee a good result?
No. Auspicious and inauspicious labels are traditional interpretations, not scientifically validated probabilities. Check weather, safety, schedules, health, finances, consent, and professional requirements.
Daily Decision Huangli
Friday, 5/19/2023
Use this date page to see the day verdict, strongest windows, directional cautions, and the best nearby alternatives for the same task.
Uses the selected China civil date. Annual Ganzhi and directions share the Li Chun boundary; hours use Shanghai time.
How this result is built
Lunar dates stay on the Chinese calendar; annual Huangli and Feng Shui fields use the Li Chun convention. Recommendations require direct task evidence, keep conflicts visible, and never use AI to calculate the result.
丁丑
Good
Decision for the selected date
This date is strongest for launching & opening.
This date is strongest for Meetings & Negotiation / Signing & Contracts / Launching & Opening, with direct task support around Si Hour 09:00-10:59 / Hai Hour 21:00-22:59.
Requested Date
2023-05-19
Effective Huangli Date
2023-05-19
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 4, Day 1
二〇二三年四月初一
Day Ganzhi
Ding-Chou
丁丑
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Good
Signing & Contracts
Signing & Contracts has direct support on this date, especially around Si Hour 09:00-10:59 / Hai Hour 21:00-22:59.
Strongest WindowsSi Hour 09:00-10:59 / Hai Hour 21:00-22:59
Supporting evidenceOpen business / Transactions / Sign contracts / Complete / Jade Hall / Lou
Caution evidenceNone
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Next day compared with selected date
Mixed
2023-05-20 · Signing & Contracts
For Signing & Contracts, the selected date is Good and the next day is Mixed. The next day's task-supported windows are Chen Hour 07:00-08:59 / Chou Hour 01:00-02:59.
Switch between the almanac and direction guides below. Your selected date stays the same.
Raw Huangli Signals
Use this when you want the full day signals, hourly windows, and classical Huangli fields.
Suitable on This Date
Open business
Transactions
Sign contracts
Offer sacrifices
Pray for blessings
Consecration
伐木
进人口
Set bed
Dismantling
Repairs / construction
Groundbreaking
栽种
Break ground
Move coffin
Burial
Avoid on This Date
Move into home
Relocate
理发
出火
Marriage
Travel
Auspicious Spirits
Three Harmony
Approaching Day
天喜
天医
六仪
Jade Hall
Inauspicious Sha
厌对
招摇
四击
归忌
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Rabbit
Zhi Xing
Complete
Day Tian Shen
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious
Lunar Mansion
Lou / Auspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid hair-cutting or body-grooming rituals; the classical image is irritation or after-effects. Avoid formal dressing or ceremonial departure; the image is delay in returning or closure.
丁不剃头头必生疮 / 丑不冠带主不还乡
Chong & Sha
(辛未)Goat / East
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
Beginning of Summer · 2023-05-06 02:18 · Shanghai
Next
Grain Full · 2023-05-21 15:09 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
仓库厕 Outside Due West
Month Tai
占厨灶
Daily Positions
Joy God
Due South
Fortune God
Southeast
Wealth God
Southwest
Yang Noble
Northwest
Yin Noble
Due West
Na Yin
Gui-Mao
Gold Leaf Metal
癸卯 · 金箔金
Ding-Si
Sand Earth
丁巳 · 沙中土
Ding-Chou
Stream Water
丁丑 · 涧下水
Lunar Mansion
The classical Lou mansion reading is treated as auspicious on this date, so household moves and major openings are read more cautiously than the top-line daily verdict alone suggests.
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (戊戌)Dog / South
Suitable on This Date
None
Avoid on This Date
Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
Si Hour09:00-10:59Yi-Si
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (己亥)Pig / East
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Assume office
Pray for blessings / Engagement / Marriage / Set bed / Relocate / Move into home / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
Hai Hour21:00-22:59Xin-Hai
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (乙巳)Snake / West
Suitable on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Offer thanks to spirits / Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed / Move into home / Open business