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, 10/11/2024
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.
戊申
Mixed
Decision for the selected date
This date is mixed; move in small steps and leave room to adjust.
No task has a clear priority on this date. Keep Meetings & Negotiation / Moving & Setup tightly scoped and move other work in small steps.
Requested Date
2024-10-11
Effective Huangli Date
2024-10-11
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 9, Day 9
二〇二四年九月初九
Day Ganzhi
Wu-Shen
戊申
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Avoid
Moving & Setup
Moving & Setup is better delayed on this date. If you must move, avoid Zi Hour 23:00-23:59 / Yin Hour 03:00-04:59.
For Moving & Setup, the selected date is Avoid and the next day is Mixed. The next day's task-supported windows are Mao Hour 05:00-06:59 / Wu Hour 11:00-12:59.
The daily Sha is South; the annual San Sha is Due South; the annual Five Yellow is Due West. Apply them only when a real route, entrance, seat, or work direction points there—not as a blanket travel ban.
SouthDue SouthDue West
Recommended Next Step
Layout changes, entry direction, and movement paths can magnify this date’s directional risk.
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
Offer sacrifices
Pray for blessings
Pray for offspring
Consecration
Open business
Travel
Remove obstructions
Groundbreaking
起基
置产
栽种
Avoid on This Date
Marriage
Install stove
修坟
Install a door
Move into home
立碑
Burial
Set bed
Auspicious Spirits
天赦
王日
驿马
天后
时阳
生气
六仪
金堂
Removing Spirit
Golden Coffer
Inauspicious Sha
厌对
招摇
复日
Five Separations
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Dragon
Zhi Xing
Open
Day Tian Shen
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious
Lunar Mansion
Gui / Inauspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid receiving land, property, or plots; ownership transfer is treated cautiously. Avoid moving or settling the bed; household rest and private space are read as disturbed.
戊不受田田主不祥 / 申不安床鬼祟入房
Chong & Sha
(壬寅)Tiger / South
Solar Terms
Current
None
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Cold Dew · 2024-10-08 02:59 · Shanghai
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Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
房床炉 房内中
Month Tai
占门房
Daily Positions
Joy God
Southeast
Fortune God
Northeast
Wealth God
Due North
Yang Noble
Northeast
Yin Noble
Southwest
Na Yin
Jia-Chen
Lamp-Cover Fire
甲辰 · 覆灯火
Jia-Xu
Hilltop Fire
甲戌 · 山头火
Wu-Shen
Post-Road Earth
戊申 · 大驿土
Lunar Mansion
The classical Gui mansion reading is treated as inauspicious on this date, so household moves and major openings are read more cautiously than the top-line daily verdict alone suggests.
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Open granary / Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Assume office / Travel / Meet benefactors
Avoid on This Date
None
Chen Hour07:00-08:59Bing-Chen
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (庚戌)Dog / South
Suitable on This Date
Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Burial / Move into home / Repairs / construction
Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Engagement / Marriage / Move into home / Open business / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
Wu Hour11:00-12:59Wu-Wu
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (壬子)Rat / North
Suitable on This Date
Pray for offspring / Marriage / Relocate / Move into home / Open business / Transactions / Repairs / construction / Burial / Pray for blessings / Install stove / Offer sacrifices
Avoid on This Date
造桥 / 乘船
Wei Hour13:00-14:59Ji-Wei
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (癸丑)Ox / West
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed