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
Sunday, 1/17/2027
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.
丙申
Good
Decision for the selected date
This date is strongest for signing & contracts.
This date is strongest for Meetings & Negotiation / Signing & Contracts / Launching & Opening, but no task-specific hour is strong enough to recommend.
Requested Date
2027-01-17
Effective Huangli Date
2027-01-17
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 12, Day 10
二〇二六年腊月初十
Day Ganzhi
Bing-Shen
丙申
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Mixed
Moving & Setup
Moving & Setup is workable in a smaller scope: favor Chou Hour 01:00-02:59 / Xu Hour 19:00-20:59 and avoid Chen Hour 07:00-08:59 / Wu Hour 11:00-12:59.
Supporting evidenceRepairs / construction / Install a door / Relocate / Move into home / Director of Fate
Caution evidenceSet bed / Risk / Xu
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
Avoid
2027-01-18 · Moving & Setup
For Moving & Setup, the selected date is Mixed and the next day is Avoid. The next day's task-supported windows are Yin Hour 03:00-04:59 / Zi Hour 00:00-00:59.
The daily Sha is South; 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.
SouthDue 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
Marriage
Formal proposal / engagement
Formalize an agreement
Consecration
安香
出火
Receive funds
Open business
Transactions
Sign contracts
裁衣
Roof building
起基
Repairs / construction
Groundbreaking
Install a door
Relocate
Move into home
栽种
牧养
Hunting
掘井
开池
Burial
Break ground
Encoffin
End mourning
Begin mourning rites
立碑
Avoid on This Date
Pray for blessings
造庙
Offer sacrifices
Set bed
Thank the earth
Auspicious Spirits
母仓
阳德
五富
福生
Removing Spirit
Director of Fate
Crying Hound
Inauspicious Sha
游祸
Five Separations
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Horse
Zhi Xing
Risk
Day Tian Shen
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious
Lunar Mansion
Xu / Inauspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid stove, kitchen, or heat-source work; the classical note warns of avoidable trouble. Avoid moving or settling the bed; household rest and private space are read as disturbed.
丙不修灶必见灾殃 / 申不安床鬼祟入房
Chong & Sha
(庚寅)Tiger / South
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
厨灶炉 房内北
Month Tai
占房床
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
Xin-Chou
Wall Earth
辛丑 · 壁上土
Bing-Shen
Foot-of-Mountain Fire
丙申 · 山下火
Lunar Mansion
The classical Xu 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.
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Assume office / Offer sacrifices
Pray for offspring / Marriage / Relocate / Move into home / Open business / Transactions / Repairs / construction / Burial / Assume office / Travel / Meet benefactors / Seek wealth / Engagement
Avoid on This Date
None
Chen Hour07:00-08:59Ren-Chen
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (丙戌)Dog / South
Engagement / Marriage / Set bed / Relocate / Move into home / Repairs / construction / Burial / Assume office / Travel / Meet benefactors / Seek wealth
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
You Hour17:00-18:59Ding-You
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (辛卯)Rabbit / East
Suitable on This Date
Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Offer thanks to spirits / Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed / Move into home / Open business
Pray for offspring / Marriage / Relocate / Move into home / Open business / Transactions / Repairs / construction / Burial / Assume office / Meet benefactors / Travel / Seek wealth
Avoid on This Date
None
Zi Hour23:00-23:59Geng-Zi
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (甲午)Horse / South
Suitable on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Offer thanks to spirits / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Engagement / Marriage / Repairs / construction / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Raise the beam / Roof building / Encoffin / Assume office / Litigation