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
Monday, 10/26/2026
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.
癸酉
Mixed
Decision for the selected date
This date is workable, but moving & setup should come first.
This date is workable if you sequence carefully. Start with Moving & Setup and keep Meetings & Negotiation / Signing & Contracts / Launching & Opening tightly scoped.
Requested Date
2026-10-26
Effective Huangli Date
2026-10-26
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 9, Day 17
二〇二六年九月十七
Day Ganzhi
Gui-You
癸酉
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 Si Hour 09:00-10:59 / Zi Hour 23:00-23:59.
For Signing & Contracts, the selected date is Avoid and the next day is Avoid. The next day's task-supported windows are Yin Hour 03:00-04:59 / Hai Hour 21:00-22:59.
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
裁衣
冠笄
合帐
Offer sacrifices
Travel
Set bed
Relocate
塞穴
Encoffin
Break ground
Move coffin
Burial
Avoid on This Date
Open business
栽种
置产
Litigation
Install a door
掘井
Consecration
Auspicious Spirits
四相
官日
Removing Spirit
Precious Light
Crying Hound
Inauspicious Sha
月害
天吏
致死
血支
Five Separations
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Horse
Zhi Xing
Close
Day Tian Shen
Heavenly Virtue / Auspicious Track / Auspicious
Lunar Mansion
Wei / Inauspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid arguments, disputes, or litigation posture; the classical note favors the opposing side. Avoid hosting guests or loose social drinking; gatherings can become excessive or erratic.
癸不词讼理弱敌强 / 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Chong & Sha
(丁卯)Rabbit / East
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
Frost Descent · 2026-10-23 17:37 · Shanghai
Next
Beginning of Winter · 2026-11-07 17:52 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
房床门 Outside Southwest
Month Tai
占门房
Daily Positions
Joy God
Southeast
Fortune God
Northeast
Wealth God
Due South
Yang Noble
Southeast
Yin Noble
Due East
Na Yin
Bing-Wu
Heavenly River Water
丙午 · 天河水
Wu-Xu
Plainland Wood
戊戌 · 平地木
Gui-You
Sword-Edge Metal
癸酉 · 剑锋金
Lunar Mansion
The classical Wei 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.
Hourly Timing
Zi Hour00:00-00:59Ren-Zi
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (丙午)Horse / South
Suitable on This Date
Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Engagement / Marriage / Move into home / Open business / Burial / Pray for offspring / Install stove
Engagement / Marriage / Set bed / Relocate / Move into home / Repairs / construction / Burial / Assume office / Meet benefactors / Travel / Seek wealth
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
Mao Hour05:00-06:59Yi-Mao
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (己酉)Rooster / West
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits / Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
You Hour17:00-18:59Xin-You
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (乙卯)Rabbit / East
Suitable on This Date
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Open granary / Pray for blessings / Engagement / Marriage / Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth