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, 1/5/2029
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.
乙未
Good
Decision for the selected date
This date is strongest for moving & setup.
This date is strongest for Travel & Departure / Moving & Setup / Visiting & Social Plans, with direct task support around Mao Hour 05:00-06:59.
Requested Date
2029-01-05
Effective Huangli Date
2029-01-05
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 11, Day 21
二〇二八年冬月廿一
Day Ganzhi
Yi-Wei
乙未
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Mixed
Signing & Contracts
Signing & Contracts is workable in a smaller scope: favor Mao Hour 05:00-06:59 / Shen Hour 15:00-16:59 and avoid Zi Hour 00:00-00:59 / Si Hour 09:00-10:59.
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
Offer sacrifices
Pray for blessings
Fasting rites
Travel
冠笄
安机械
Relocate
Move into home
安香
Set bed
End mourning
Begin mourning rites
Move coffin
Open tomb chamber
Avoid on This Date
Consecration
栽种
治病
Install a door
Install stove
Auspicious Spirits
天德合
月德合
四相
Universal Protection
Inauspicious Sha
月破
大耗
四击
九空
元武
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Monkey
Zhi Xing
Break
Day Tian Shen
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious
Lunar Mansion
Kang / Inauspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid planting or growth-oriented starts; the image is weak rooting and poor follow-through. Avoid taking potent medicine unless necessary; the note warns of poor absorption or side effects.
乙不栽植千株不长 / 未不服药毒气入肠
Chong & Sha
(己丑)Ox / West
Solar Terms
Current
Minor Cold
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Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
碓磨厕 房内北
Month Tai
占灶炉
Daily Positions
Joy God
Northwest
Fortune God
Southwest
Wealth God
Northeast
Yang Noble
Southwest
Yin Noble
Due North
Na Yin
Wu-Shen
Post-Road Earth
戊申 · 大驿土
Jia-Zi
Gold in the Sea
甲子 · 海中金
Yi-Wei
沙中金
乙未 · 沙中金
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.
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Open granary / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth
Pray for offspring / Marriage / Relocate / Move into home / Open business / Transactions / Repairs / construction / Burial / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Offer thanks to spirits / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors
Avoid on This Date
None
Chen Hour07:00-08:59Geng-Chen
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (甲戌)Dog / South
Suitable on This Date
Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Install stove
Avoid on This Date
Raise the beam / Roof building / Encoffin / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
Si Hour09:00-10:59Xin-Si
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (乙亥)Pig / East
Suitable on This Date
Move into home / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Offer thanks to spirits / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Engagement / Marriage / Assume office
Engagement / Marriage / Set bed / Relocate / Move into home / Repairs / construction / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / 乘船
Wei Hour13:00-14:59Gui-Wei
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (丁丑)Ox / West
Suitable on This Date
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Fasting rites / Engagement / Marriage / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel
Shen Hour15:00-16:59Jia-Shen
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (戊寅)Tiger / South
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Assume office