Chinese Calendar Today | Chinese Almanac & Auspicious Days
Check the Chinese calendar for today or any date: lunar date, solar term, auspicious activities, lucky hours and clashes. Traditional labels, not guarantees.
What does today's Chinese calendar show?
Today's Chinese calendar entry shows the lunar date, solar term, day pillar, auspicious and inauspicious activities, lucky hours, clashes, and directions. OpenFate calculates these Huangli (Tong Shu) fields under the basis you select 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.
How do I check today's date on the Chinese calendar?
The page opens on today's date in China (the China Date basis) and shows its lunar date, solar term, and day pillar. Switch to My Local Day to use your own date, or pick any other date to see its Chinese calendar and almanac fields.
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, 2/19/2038
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.
丁卯
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
2038-02-19
Effective Huangli Date
2038-02-19
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 1, Day 16
二〇三八年正月十六
Day Ganzhi
Ding-Mao
丁卯
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Good
Visiting & Social Plans
Visiting & Social Plans has direct support on this date, especially around Wei Hour 13:00-14:59 / Zi Hour 00:00-00:59.
Strongest WindowsWei Hour 13:00-14:59 / Zi Hour 00:00-00:59
Supporting evidenceOffer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Marriage
Caution evidenceVermilion Bird / Kang
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
Mixed
2038-02-20 · Visiting & Social Plans
For Visiting & Social Plans, the selected date is Good and the next day is Mixed. The next day's task-supported windows are Yin Hour 03:00-04:59 / Chen Hour 07:00-08:59.
Avoid hair-cutting or body-grooming rituals; the classical image is irritation or after-effects. Avoid well-digging or water-source work; results can turn stale or unsatisfying.
丁不剃头头必生疮 / 卯不穿井水泉不香
Chong & Sha
(辛酉) Rooster / West
Solar Terms
Current
None
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Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
仓库门 Outside Due South
Month Tai
占房床
Daily Positions
Joy God
Due South
Fortune God
Southeast
Wealth God
Southwest
Yang Noble
Northwest
Yin Noble
Due West
Na Yin
Wu-Wu
Heavenly Fire
戊午 · 天上火
Jia-Yin
Great Creek Water
甲寅 · 大溪水
Ding-Mao
Fire in the Furnace
丁卯 · 炉中火
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.
Hourly Timing
Zi Hour00:00-00:59Geng-Zi
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (甲午) Horse / South
Suitable on This Date
Install stove / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (丁酉) Rooster / West
Suitable on This Date
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage
Pray for offspring / Marriage / Relocate / Move into home / Open business / Transactions / Repairs / construction / Burial / Pray for blessings / Engagement / Assume office / Travel / Meet benefactors / Seek wealth
Avoid on This Date
None
Wu Hour11:00-12:59Bing-Wu
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (庚子) Rat / North
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Assume office
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Repairs / construction / Move into home / Burial / Offer sacrifices
Avoid on This Date
None
Shen Hour15:00-16:59Wu-Shen
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (壬寅) Tiger / South
Suitable on This Date
Move into home / Repairs / construction / Burial / Offer sacrifices / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
Avoid on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring
You Hour17:00-18:59Ji-You
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (癸卯) Rabbit / East
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (乙巳) Snake / West
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Offer sacrifices / Meet benefactors
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking