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, 8/17/2040
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.
丁丑
Mixed
Decision for the selected date
This date is workable, but visiting & social plans should come first.
This date is workable if you sequence carefully. Start with Visiting & Social Plans and keep Moving & Setup tightly scoped.
Requested Date
2040-08-17
Effective Huangli Date
2040-08-17
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 7, Day 10
二〇四〇年七月初十
Day Ganzhi
Ding-Chou
丁丑
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Avoid
Moving & Setup
Moving & Setup is better delayed on this date. If you must move, avoid Chen Hour 07:00-08:59 / Wu Hour 11:00-12:59.
Strongest WindowsHai Hour 21:00-22:59 / Si Hour 09:00-10:59
For Moving & Setup, the selected date is Avoid and the next day is Mixed. The next day's task-supported windows are Chou Hour 01:00-02:59 / Wei Hour 13:00-14:59.
Task evidence supports Hai Hour 21:00-22:59 / Si Hour 09:00-10:59; clearer caution evidence appears around Chen Hour 07:00-08:59 / Wu Hour 11:00-12:59.
Hai Hour 21:00-22:59Si Hour 09:00-10:59
Direction Watch
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
Layout changes, entry direction, and movement paths can magnify this date’s directional risk.
Switch between the almanac and direction guides below. Your selected date stays the same.
Raw Huangli Signals
Use this when you want the full day signals, hourly windows, and classical Huangli fields.
Suitable on This Date
Offer sacrifices
普渡
Capture
Remove obstructions
结网
Hunting
Encoffin
Break ground
Burial
Avoid on This Date
Open business
Transactions
Move into home
Marriage
Auspicious Spirits
月德合
母仓
Hall of Brightness
Inauspicious Sha
Minor Loss
归忌
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Monkey
Zhi Xing
Hold
Day Tian Shen
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious
Lunar Mansion
Lou / Auspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid hair-cutting or body-grooming rituals; the classical image is irritation or after-effects. Avoid formal dressing or ceremonial departure; the image is delay in returning or closure.
丁不剃头头必生疮 / 丑不冠带主不还乡
Chong & Sha
(辛未)Goat / East
Solar Terms
Current
None
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Beginning of Autumn · 2040-08-07 05:10 · Shanghai
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Limit of Heat · 2040-08-22 19:53 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
仓库厕 Outside Due West
Month Tai
占碓磨
Daily Positions
Joy God
Due South
Fortune God
Southeast
Wealth God
Southwest
Yang Noble
Northwest
Yin Noble
Due West
Na Yin
Geng-Shen
Pomegranate Wood
庚申 · 石榴木
Jia-Shen
Spring Water
甲申 · 泉中水
Ding-Chou
Stream Water
丁丑 · 涧下水
Lunar Mansion
The classical Lou 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.
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (戊戌)Dog / South
Suitable on This Date
None
Avoid on This Date
Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
Si Hour09:00-10:59Yi-Si
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (己亥)Pig / East
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Assume office
Pray for blessings / Engagement / Marriage / Set bed / Relocate / Move into home / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
Hai Hour21:00-22:59Xin-Hai
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (乙巳)Snake / West
Suitable on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Offer thanks to spirits / Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed / Move into home / Open business