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, 8/18/2034
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.
丙午
Mixed
Decision for the selected date
This date is workable, but visiting & social plans should come first.
This date can prioritize Visiting & Social Plans. Other tasks lack equally strong direct support, so leave room to adjust.
Requested Date
2034-08-18
Effective Huangli Date
2034-08-18
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 7, Day 5
二〇三四年七月初五
Day Ganzhi
Bing-Wu
丙午
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Mixed
Signing & Contracts
Signing & Contracts is workable in a smaller scope: favor Shen Hour 15:00-16:59 / You Hour 17:00-18:59 and avoid Xu Hour 19:00-20:59 / Si Hour 09:00-10:59.
Strongest WindowsShen Hour 15:00-16:59 / You Hour 17:00-18:59
Caution WindowsXu Hour 19:00-20:59 / Si Hour 09:00-10:59
Supporting evidenceOpen
Caution evidenceWhite Tiger / Niu
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Next day compared with selected date
Mixed
2034-08-19 · Signing & Contracts
For Signing & Contracts, the selected date is Mixed and the next day is Mixed. The next day's task-supported windows are Xu Hour 19:00-20:59 / Mao Hour 05:00-06:59.
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
Offer sacrifices
Pray for blessings
Pray for offspring
Travel
Groundbreaking
Set bed
掘井
Break ground
Open tomb chamber
Avoid on This Date
Move into home
作梁
Install a door
伐木
Repairs / construction
Raise the beam
Encoffin
Roof building
Auspicious Spirits
月空
天马
时阳
生气
玉宇
Crying Hound
Inauspicious Sha
灾煞
天火
White Tiger
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Tiger
Zhi Xing
Open
Day Tian Shen
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious
Lunar Mansion
Niu / Inauspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid stove, kitchen, or heat-source work; the classical note warns of avoidable trouble. Avoid covering or roofing work; household structure is treated as unstable today.
丙不修灶必见灾殃 / 午不苫盖屋主更张
Chong & Sha
(庚子)Rat / North
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
Beginning of Autumn · 2034-08-07 18:09 · Shanghai
Next
Limit of Heat · 2034-08-23 08:47 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
厨灶碓 房内东
Month Tai
占碓磨
Daily Positions
Joy God
Southwest
Fortune God
Northwest
Wealth God
Southwest
Yang Noble
Due West
Yin Noble
Northwest
Na Yin
Jia-Yin
Great Creek Water
甲寅 · 大溪水
Ren-Shen
Sword-Edge Metal
壬申 · 剑锋金
Bing-Wu
Heavenly River Water
丙午 · 天河水
Lunar Mansion
The classical Niu 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 Hour00:00-00:59Wu-Zi
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (壬午)Horse / South
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed
Engagement / Marriage / Set bed / Relocate / Move into home / Repairs / construction / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / 乘船
Si Hour09:00-10:59Gui-Si
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (丁亥)Pig / East
Suitable on This Date
Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Travel / Engagement / Marriage
Avoid on This Date
Consecration / Repairs / construction / Burial
Wu Hour11:00-12:59Jia-Wu
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (戊子)Rat / North
Suitable on This Date
Seek wealth / Marriage / Relocate / Open business / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Travel / Move into home / Marriage / Repairs / construction / Burial / Assume office / Meet benefactors / Seek wealth