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
Wednesday, 8/29/2040
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
2040-08-29
Effective Huangli Date
2040-08-29
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 7, Day 22
二〇四〇年七月廿二
Day Ganzhi
Ji-Chou
己丑
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 Wu Hour 11:00-12:59 / Xu Hour 19:00-20:59.
For Moving & Setup, the selected date is Avoid and the next day is Mixed. The next day's task-supported windows are Chen Hour 07:00-08:59 / Xu Hour 19:00-20:59.
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
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
Capture
Hunting
纳畜
牧养
Encoffin
End mourning
Begin mourning rites
Move coffin
Break ground
Burial
Open tomb chamber
Avoid on This Date
Marriage
Formal proposal / engagement
Formalize an agreement
Open business
Move into home
Auspicious Spirits
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
Zhen / Auspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid contract-breaking or tearing up documents; the warning is mutual loss after rupture. Avoid formal dressing or ceremonial departure; the image is delay in returning or closure.
己不破券二比并亡 / 丑不冠带主不还乡
Chong & Sha
(癸未)Goat / East
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
Limit of Heat · 2040-08-22 19:53 · Shanghai
Next
White Dew · 2040-09-07 08:14 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
占门厕 Outside Due North
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-Chou
Thunderbolt Fire
己丑 · 霹雳火
Lunar Mansion
The classical Zhen 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.
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Open granary / Assume office / Travel / Meet benefactors / Seek wealth / Engagement / Marriage / 进人口
Avoid on This Date
None
Yin Hour03:00-04:59Bing-Yin
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (庚申)Monkey / North
Suitable on This Date
合脊 / Marriage / Repairs / construction / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Travel / Seek wealth / Marriage / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
Wei Hour13:00-14:59Xin-Wei
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (乙丑)Ox / West
Suitable on This Date
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 Hour15:00-16:59Ren-Shen
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (丙寅)Tiger / South
Suitable on This Date
Move into home / Repairs / construction / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Litigation / Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / 乘船