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
Wednesday, 8/12/2026
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.
戊午
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 Signing & Contracts / Launching & Opening tightly scoped and move other work in small steps.
Requested Date
2026-08-12
Effective Huangli Date
2026-08-12
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 6, Day 30
二〇二六年六月三十
Day Ganzhi
Wu-Wu
戊午
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Avoid
Signing & Contracts
Signing & Contracts is better delayed on this date. If you must move, avoid Zi Hour 23:00-23:59 / Si Hour 09:00-10:59.
Strongest WindowsWu Hour 11:00-12:59 / Mao Hour 05:00-06:59
Caution WindowsZi Hour 23:00-23:59 / Si Hour 09:00-10:59
Supporting evidenceOpen / Shen
Caution evidenceBurial / White Tiger
Turn this verdict into a planThis task is better moved. Compare stronger nearby dates before you put it on the calendar.
For Signing & Contracts, the selected date is Avoid and the next day is Mixed. The next day's task-supported windows are Yin Hour 03:00-04:59 / Mao Hour 05:00-06:59.
Use the switcher below to move between the raw Huangli layer and the directional Feng Shui layer without losing your current date context.
Raw Huangli Signals
Use this when you want the full day signals, hourly windows, and classical Huangli fields.
Suitable on This Date
Marriage
Offer sacrifices
Pray for blessings
Pray for offspring
Consecration
Travel
Remove obstructions
Set bed
栽种
Move coffin
进人口
Meet relatives and friends
End mourning
Begin mourning rites
Avoid on This Date
Roof building
Encoffin
Burial
伐木
Move into home
Relocate
置产
纳畜
Auspicious Spirits
天德合
天马
时阳
生气
不将
玉宇
Inauspicious Sha
四耗
White Tiger
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Horse
Zhi Xing
Open
Day Tian Shen
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious
Lunar Mansion
Shen / Auspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid receiving land, property, or plots; ownership transfer is treated cautiously. Avoid covering or roofing work; household structure is treated as unstable today.
戊不受田田主不祥 / 午不苫盖屋主更张
Chong & Sha
(壬子)Rat / North
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
Beginning of Autumn · 2026-08-07 19:42 · Shanghai
Next
Limit of Heat · 2026-08-23 10:18 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
房床碓 Outside Due East
Month Tai
占床仓
Daily Positions
Joy God
Southeast
Fortune God
Northeast
Wealth God
Due North
Yang Noble
Northeast
Yin Noble
Southwest
Na Yin
Bing-Wu
Heavenly River Water
丙午 · 天河水
Bing-Shen
Foot-of-Mountain Fire
丙申 · 山下火
Wu-Wu
Heavenly Fire
戊午 · 天上火
Lunar Mansion
The classical Shen 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.
Hourly Timing
Zi Hour00:00-00:59Ren-Zi
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (丙午)Horse / South
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (戊申)Monkey / North
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel
Mao Hour05:00-06:59Yi-Mao
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (己酉)Rooster / 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 / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Open granary
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Offer sacrifices
Avoid on This Date
Raise the beam / Roof building / Encoffin / Assume office / Repairs / construction / Relocate / Travel / Litigation
Si Hour09:00-10:59Ding-Si
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (辛亥)Pig / East
Suitable on This Date
Engagement / Marriage / Relocate / Open business / Move into home
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits / Consecration / Repairs / construction / Burial
Wu Hour11:00-12:59Wu-Wu
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (壬子)Rat / North
Suitable on This Date
Install stove / Offer sacrifices / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits / Repairs / construction / Marriage / Relocate / Move into home / Open business / Transactions
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Offer thanks to spirits / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Move into home / Burial / Assume office
Avoid on This Date
Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
You Hour17:00-18:59Xin-You
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (乙卯)Rabbit / East
Suitable on This Date
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits