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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
Tuesday, 9/22/2026
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.
己亥
Mixed
Decision for the selected date
This date is mixed; move in small steps and leave room to adjust.
No task has enough direct evidence to establish a clear priority on this date. Follow practical needs, move in small steps, and leave room to adjust.
Requested Date
2026-09-22
Effective Huangli Date
2026-09-22
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 8, Day 12
二〇二六年八月十二
Day Ganzhi
Ji-Hai
己亥
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Mixed
Moving & Setup
Moving & Setup is workable in a smaller scope: favor Wei Hour 13:00-14:59 / Chen Hour 07:00-08:59 and avoid Zi Hour 00:00-00:59 / Zi Hour 23:00-23:59.
Caution WindowsZi Hour 00:00-00:59 / Zi Hour 23:00-23:59
Supporting evidenceMove into home / Relocate / Set bed / Dismantling / Install a door / Repairs / construction / Wei
Caution evidenceGroundbreaking / Black Tortoise
Direct signals conflict, so the result stays mixed.
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Next day compared with selected date
Avoid
2026-09-23 · Moving & Setup
For Moving & Setup, the selected date is Mixed and the next day is Avoid. The next day's task-supported windows are You Hour 17:00-18:59 / Chou Hour 01:00-02:59.
Task evidence supports Wei Hour 13:00-14:59 / Chen Hour 07:00-08:59; clearer caution evidence appears around Zi Hour 00:00-00:59 / Zi Hour 23:00-23:59.
Wei Hour 13:00-14:59Chen Hour 07:00-08:59
Direction Watch
The daily Sha is West; the annual San Sha is Due North; the annual Five Yellow is Due South. Apply them only when a real route, entrance, seat, or work direction points there—not as a blanket travel ban.
WestDue NorthDue South
Recommended Next Step
Layout changes, entry direction, and movement paths can magnify this date’s directional risk.
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
Formal proposal / engagement
Formalize an agreement
Open business
Transactions
Sign contracts
挂匾
Receive funds
栽种
进人口
Move into home
Relocate
Set bed
Consecration
出火
Dismantling
Install a door
Repairs / construction
Avoid on This Date
Fasting rites
Marriage
行丧
Groundbreaking
Install stove
Burial
Break ground
Auspicious Spirits
相日
驿马
天后
天巫
福德
要安
Inauspicious Sha
Five Emptinesses
大煞
重日
元武
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Horse
Zhi Xing
Full
Day Tian Shen
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious
Lunar Mansion
Wei / Auspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid contract-breaking or tearing up documents; the warning is mutual loss after rupture. Avoid marriage rites or wedding formalization; the classical warning centers on the groom side.
己不破券二比并亡 / 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Chong & Sha
(癸巳)Snake / West
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
White Dew · 2026-09-07 22:41 · Shanghai
Next
Autumn Equinox · 2026-09-23 08:05 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
占门床 房内中
Month Tai
占厕户
Daily Positions
Joy God
Northeast
Fortune God
Due North
Wealth God
Due North
Yang Noble
Due North
Yin Noble
Southwest
Na Yin
Bing-Wu
Heavenly River Water
丙午 · 天河水
Ding-You
Foot-of-Mountain Fire
丁酉 · 山下火
Ji-Hai
Plainland Wood
己亥 · 平地木
Lunar Mansion
The classical Wei 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 Hour00:00-00:59Jia-Zi
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (戊午)Horse / South
Suitable on This Date
Install stove / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
Avoid on This Date
Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
Chou Hour01:00-02:59Yi-Chou
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (己未)Goat / East
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Offer sacrifices
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Assume office
Avoid on This Date
Raise the beam / Roof building / Encoffin
Wei Hour13:00-14:59Xin-Wei
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (乙丑)Ox / West
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Repairs / construction / Move into home / Open business / Transactions / Burial / Offer sacrifices
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Offer thanks to spirits / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Move into home / Burial / Pray for offspring
Avoid on This Date
造桥 / 乘船
Xu Hour19:00-20:59Jia-Xu
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (戊辰)Dragon / North