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
Thursday, 2/18/2027
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.
戊辰
Mixed
Decision for the selected date
This date is mixed; move in small steps and leave room to adjust.
No task has a clear priority on this date. Keep Signing & Contracts / Travel & Departure / Launching & Opening tightly scoped and move other work in small steps.
Requested Date
2027-02-18
Effective Huangli Date
2027-02-18
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 1, Day 13
二〇二七年正月十三
Day Ganzhi
Wu-Chen
戊辰
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 Wu Hour 11:00-12:59 / Chou Hour 01:00-02:59.
For Signing & Contracts, the selected date is Avoid and the next day is Avoid. The next day's task-supported windows are Chou Hour 01:00-02:59 / Wu Hour 11:00-12:59.
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
Meet relatives and friends
冠笄
Set bed
安机械
Offer sacrifices
Pray for blessings
Pray for offspring
经络
Avoid on This Date
Marriage
Open business
Groundbreaking
Install stove
Burial
Auspicious Spirits
天恩
守日
天巫
福德
六仪
金堂
Golden Coffer
Inauspicious Sha
厌对
招摇
九空
九坎
九焦
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Goat
Zhi Xing
Full
Day Tian Shen
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious
Lunar Mansion
Kui / Inauspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid receiving land, property, or plots; ownership transfer is treated cautiously. Avoid grief rituals and heavy mourning gestures; the classical image amplifies sorrow.
戊不受田田主不祥 / 辰不哭泣必主重丧
Chong & Sha
(壬戌)Dog / South
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
Beginning of Spring · 2027-02-04 09:46 · Shanghai
Next
Rain Water · 2027-02-19 05:33 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
房床栖 Outside Due South
Month Tai
占房床
Daily Positions
Joy God
Southeast
Fortune God
Northeast
Wealth God
Due North
Yang Noble
Northeast
Yin Noble
Southwest
Na Yin
Ding-Wei
Heavenly River Water
丁未 · 天河水
Ren-Yin
Gold Leaf Metal
壬寅 · 金箔金
Wu-Chen
Great Forest Wood
戊辰 · 大林木
Lunar Mansion
The classical Kui 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.
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (戊申)Monkey / North
Suitable on This Date
Pray for offspring / Marriage / Relocate / Move into home / Open business / Transactions / Repairs / construction / Burial / Install stove / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits / Meet benefactors
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed
Avoid on This Date
Raise the beam / Roof building / Encoffin / Assume office / Travel
Si Hour09:00-10:59Ding-Si
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (辛亥)Pig / East
Suitable on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Engagement / Marriage / Move into home / Open business / Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Travel / Move into home / Marriage / Repairs / construction / Burial / Assume office / Meet benefactors / Seek wealth
Avoid on This Date
None
Shen Hour15:00-16:59Geng-Shen
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (甲寅)Tiger / South
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Assume office / Meet benefactors
Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
Xu Hour19:00-20:59Ren-Xu
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (丙辰)Dragon / North
Suitable on This Date
None
Avoid on This Date
Avoid major actions
Hai Hour21:00-22:59Gui-Hai
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (丁巳)Snake / West
Suitable on This Date
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Open granary / Meet benefactors / Seek wealth / Engagement / Marriage / 进人口