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, 8/9/2040
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.
己巳
Mixed
Decision for the selected date
This date is workable, but moving & setup should come first.
This date can prioritize Moving & Setup. Other tasks lack equally strong direct support, so leave room to adjust.
Requested Date
2040-08-09
Effective Huangli Date
2040-08-09
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 7, Day 2
二〇四〇年七月初二
Day Ganzhi
Ji-Si
己巳
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Good
Moving & Setup
Moving & Setup has direct support on this date, especially around Wei Hour 13:00-14:59 / Chou Hour 01:00-02:59.
Supporting evidenceRepairs / construction / Set bed / Relocate / Heavenly Virtue / Dou
Caution evidenceNone
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Next day compared with selected date
Mixed
2040-08-10 · Moving & Setup
For Moving & Setup, the selected date is Good and the next day is Mixed. The next day's task-supported windows are You Hour 17:00-18:59 / Mao Hour 05:00-06:59.
The daily Sha is East; the annual San Sha is Due South; the annual Five Yellow is 中. Apply them only when a real route, entrance, seat, or work direction points there—not as a blanket travel ban.
EastDue South中
Recommended Next Step
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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
裁衣
冠笄
经络
Repairs / construction
进人口
Set bed
Groundbreaking
竖柱
Raise the beam
Relocate
Transactions
Sign contracts
栽种
Meet relatives and friends
Avoid on This Date
行丧
Burial
Travel
作梁
纳畜
伐木
造桥
Auspicious Spirits
天愿
Six Harmony
五富
要安
Precious Light
Inauspicious Sha
河魁
劫煞
重日
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Monkey
Zhi Xing
Receive
Day Tian Shen
Heavenly Virtue / Auspicious Track / Auspicious
Lunar Mansion
Dou / Auspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid contract-breaking or tearing up documents; the warning is mutual loss after rupture. Avoid long departures; valuables and practical gains are treated as harder to secure.
己不破券二比并亡 / 巳不远行财物伏藏
Chong & Sha
(癸亥)Pig / East
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
Beginning of Autumn · 2040-08-07 05:10 · Shanghai
Next
Limit of Heat · 2040-08-22 19:53 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
占门床 Outside Due South
Month Tai
占碓磨
Daily Positions
Joy God
Northeast
Fortune God
Due North
Wealth God
Due North
Yang Noble
Due North
Yin Noble
Southwest
Na Yin
Geng-Shen
Pomegranate Wood
庚申 · 石榴木
Jia-Shen
Spring Water
甲申 · 泉中水
Ji-Si
Great Forest Wood
己巳 · 大林木
Lunar Mansion
The classical Dou 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.
Hourly Timing
Zi Hour00:00-00:59Jia-Zi
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (戊午)Horse / South
Suitable on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Offer thanks to spirits / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Engagement / Marriage / Repairs / construction / Burial / Assume office
Avoid on This Date
None
Chou Hour01:00-02:59Yi-Chou
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (己未)Goat / East
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate
Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Engagement / Marriage / Move into home / Open business / Burial / Pray for blessings
Avoid on This Date
Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
Wei Hour13:00-14:59Xin-Wei
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (乙丑)Ox / West
Suitable on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Offer thanks to spirits / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Move into home / Burial / Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed