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
Wednesday, 5/19/2027
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.
戊戌
Good
Decision for the selected date
This date is strongest for moving & setup.
This date is strongest for Meetings & Negotiation / Signing & Contracts / Travel & Departure, with direct task support around Si Hour 09:00-10:59 / Chen Hour 07:00-08:59.
Requested Date
2027-05-19
Effective Huangli Date
2027-05-19
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 4, Day 14
二〇二七年四月十四
Day Ganzhi
Wu-Xu
戊戌
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Good
Signing & Contracts
Signing & Contracts has direct support on this date, especially around Si Hour 09:00-10:59 / Chen Hour 07:00-08:59.
Supporting evidenceFormalize an agreement / Golden Coffer / Shen
Caution evidenceNone
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Next day compared with selected date
Avoid
2027-05-20 · Signing & Contracts
For Signing & Contracts, the selected date is Good 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
Marriage
Formal proposal / engagement
Formalize an agreement
Offer sacrifices
Pray for blessings
Pray for offspring
Consecration
出火
Travel
Dismantling
Groundbreaking
Repairs / construction
进人口
Move into home
Relocate
Set bed
Remove obstructions
挂匾
栽种
Break ground
Thank the earth
Encoffin
Move coffin
Burial
Avoid on This Date
Open business
Sign contracts
造船
合寿木
Auspicious Spirits
四相
不将
玉宇
解神
Golden Coffer
Inauspicious Sha
Minor Loss
天贼
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Goat
Zhi Xing
Hold
Day Tian Shen
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious
Lunar Mansion
Shen / Auspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid receiving land, property, or plots; ownership transfer is treated cautiously. Avoid acts linked to dogs or agitation around the home; the image is restless domestic space.
戊不受田田主不祥 / 戌不吃犬作怪上床
Chong & Sha
(壬辰)Dragon / North
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
Beginning of Summer · 2027-05-06 01:25 · Shanghai
Next
Grain Full · 2027-05-21 14:18 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
房床栖 房内中
Month Tai
占厨灶
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
Yi-Si
Lamp-Cover Fire
乙巳 · 覆灯火
Wu-Xu
Plainland Wood
戊戌 · 平地木
Lunar Mansion
The classical Shen mansion reading is treated as auspicious on this date, so household moves and major openings are read more cautiously than the top-line daily verdict alone suggests.
Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Assume office
Avoid on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring
Chou Hour01:00-02:59Gui-Chou
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (丁未)Goat / East
Suitable on This Date
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Assume office / Meet benefactors / Seek wealth
Avoid on This Date
None
Yin Hour03:00-04:59Jia-Yin
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (戊申)Monkey / North
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Open granary / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
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 / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed
Avoid on This Date
造船 / 乘船 / Raise the beam / Roof building / Encoffin / Assume office / Repairs / construction / Relocate / Travel / Litigation