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, 1/8/2027
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.
丁亥
Mixed
Decision for the selected date
This date is workable, but moving & setup should come first.
This date can prioritize Moving & Setup. Other tasks lack equally strong direct support, so leave room to adjust.
Requested Date
2027-01-08
Effective Huangli Date
2027-01-08
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 12, Day 1
二〇二六年腊月初一
Day Ganzhi
Ding-Hai
丁亥
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Mixed
Signing & Contracts
Signing & Contracts is workable in a smaller scope: favor Chou Hour 01:00-02:59 / Wu Hour 11:00-12:59 and avoid Shen Hour 15:00-16:59 / Mao Hour 05:00-06:59.
Caution WindowsShen Hour 15:00-16:59 / Mao Hour 05:00-06:59
Supporting evidenceOpen business / Transactions / Sign contracts / Receive funds / Open / Hall of Brightness
Caution evidenceBurial / Kang
Direct signals conflict, so the result stays mixed.
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Next day compared with selected date
Mixed
2027-01-09 · 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 / Shen Hour 15:00-16:59.
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
Open business
Transactions
Sign contracts
Receive funds
纳畜
造畜稠
Move into home
Relocate
Set bed
Consecration
Pray for blessings
Pray for offspring
Groundbreaking
Avoid on This Date
Marriage
栽种
Burial
理发
造庙
Install stove
Encoffin
行丧
造桥
Auspicious Spirits
阴德
王日
驿马
天后
Timely Yin
生气
益后
Hall of Brightness
Inauspicious Sha
Monthly Aversion
Earth Fire
重日
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Horse
Zhi Xing
Open
Day Tian Shen
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious
Lunar Mansion
Kang / Inauspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid hair-cutting or body-grooming rituals; the classical image is irritation or after-effects. Avoid marriage rites or wedding formalization; the classical warning centers on the groom side.
丁不剃头头必生疮 / 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Chong & Sha
(辛巳)Snake / West
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
Minor Cold · 2027-01-05 22:09 · Shanghai
Next
Major Cold · 2027-01-20 15:29 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
仓库床 Outside Northwest
Month Tai
占房床
Daily Positions
Joy God
Due South
Fortune God
Southeast
Wealth God
Southwest
Yang Noble
Northwest
Yin Noble
Due West
Na Yin
Bing-Wu
Heavenly River Water
丙午 · 天河水
Xin-Chou
Wall Earth
辛丑 · 壁上土
Ding-Hai
Roof-Tile Earth
丁亥 · 屋上土
Lunar Mansion
The classical Kang 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 Hour00:00-00:59Geng-Zi
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (甲午)Horse / South
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Travel / Seek wealth / Marriage / Burial / Install stove / Offer sacrifices
Avoid on This Date
Raise the beam / Roof building / Encoffin
Chou Hour01:00-02:59Xin-Chou
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (乙未)Goat / East
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Offer sacrifices
Engagement / Marriage / Set bed / Relocate / Move into home / Repairs / construction / Burial / Assume office / Meet benefactors / Travel / Seek wealth
Avoid on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring
Mao Hour05:00-06:59Gui-Mao
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (丁酉)Rooster / West
Suitable on This Date
None
Avoid on This Date
Avoid major actions
Chen Hour07:00-08:59Jia-Chen
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (戊戌)Dog / South
Suitable on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / 合脊 / Marriage / Burial
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Open granary / Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth / Marriage
Avoid on This Date
造桥 / 乘船
Xu Hour19:00-20:59Geng-Xu
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (甲辰)Dragon / North
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Assume office