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, 12/18/2026
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.
丙寅
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
2026-12-18
Effective Huangli Date
2026-12-18
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 11, Day 10
二〇二六年冬月初十
Day Ganzhi
Bing-Yin
丙寅
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Mixed
Signing & Contracts
Signing & Contracts is workable in a smaller scope: favor Xu Hour 19:00-20:59 / Chou Hour 01:00-02:59 and avoid Shen Hour 15:00-16:59 / Yin Hour 03:00-04:59.
Supporting evidenceFormalize an agreement / Open business / Transactions / Sign contracts
Caution evidenceBreak ground / White Tiger / Niu
Direct signals conflict, so the result stays mixed.
Turn this verdict into a planChoose a recommended window, then add the exact task and time basis to your calendar or share it.
Next day compared with selected date
Mixed
2026-12-19 · Signing & Contracts
For Signing & Contracts, the selected date is Mixed and the next day is Mixed. The next day's task-supported windows are Wu Hour 11:00-12:59 / Wei Hour 13:00-14:59.
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
Formal proposal / engagement
Formalize an agreement
Open business
Transactions
Sign contracts
Travel
Meet relatives and friends
安机械
竖柱
Raise the beam
平治道涂
伐木
Dismantling
Roof building
起基
Set bed
Install a door
Remove obstructions
Burial
Open tomb chamber
End mourning
Begin mourning rites
修坟
立碑
Move coffin
Encoffin
Avoid on This Date
Marriage
Groundbreaking
Break ground
Pray for blessings
出火
Move into home
Auspicious Spirits
月空
天恩
时德
相日
驿马
天后
天马
天巫
福德
福生
五合
鸣吠对
Inauspicious Sha
Five Emptinesses
归忌
White Tiger
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Horse
Zhi Xing
Full
Day Tian Shen
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious
Lunar Mansion
Niu / Inauspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid stove, kitchen, or heat-source work; the classical note warns of avoidable trouble. Avoid rites and offerings; devotional actions are considered less well received.
丙不修灶必见灾殃 / 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝
Chong & Sha
(庚申)Monkey / North
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
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Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
厨灶炉 Outside Due South
Month Tai
占灶炉
Daily Positions
Joy God
Southwest
Fortune God
Northwest
Wealth God
Southwest
Yang Noble
Due West
Yin Noble
Northwest
Na Yin
Bing-Wu
Heavenly River Water
丙午 · 天河水
Geng-Zi
Wall Earth
庚子 · 壁上土
Bing-Yin
Fire in the Furnace
丙寅 · 炉中火
Lunar Mansion
The classical Niu 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.
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (癸未)Goat / East
Suitable on This Date
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Marriage / 进人口
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (戊子)Rat / North
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed
Avoid on This Date
None
Wei Hour13:00-14:59Yi-Wei
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (己丑)Ox / West
Suitable on This Date
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Open granary / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Fasting rites / Engagement / Marriage / Travel
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (辛卯)Rabbit / East
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Move into home / Burial / Offer sacrifices
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
Xu Hour19:00-20:59Wu-Xu
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (壬辰)Dragon / North
Suitable on This Date
Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Install stove / Offer sacrifices