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
Wednesday, 11/20/2052
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.
乙卯
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
2052-11-20
Effective Huangli Date
2052-11-20
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 9, Day 30
二〇五二年九月三十
Day Ganzhi
Yi-Mao
乙卯
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Good
Moving & Setup
Moving & Setup has direct support on this date, especially around Yin Hour 03:00-04:59 / Mao Hour 05:00-06:59.
Strongest WindowsYin Hour 03:00-04:59 / Mao Hour 05:00-06:59
Supporting evidenceRelocate / Move into home / Repairs / construction / Install a door / Stable / Bi
Caution evidenceBlack Tortoise
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Next day compared with selected date
Mixed
2052-11-21 · Moving & Setup
For Moving & Setup, the selected date is Good and the next day is Mixed. The next day's task-supported windows are Si Hour 09:00-10:59 / Chen Hour 07:00-08:59.
The daily Sha is West; the annual San Sha is Due South; the annual Five Yellow is Northeast. Apply them only when a real route, entrance, seat, or work direction points there—not as a blanket travel ban.
WestDue SouthNortheast
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
Formalize an agreement
Formal proposal / engagement
Receive funds
Open business
Sign contracts
Offer sacrifices
Pray for blessings
Relocate
Move into home
Travel
Roof building
Lay the foundation
Repairs / construction
Groundbreaking
Raise the pillars
Raise the beam
Install a door
Set up the incense altar
Move the hearth fire
Train oxen and horses
Meet relatives and friends
Break ground
Avoid on This Date
Marriage
Burial
Dig a well
Acquire property
Build a boat
Auspicious Spirits
Heavenly Virtue
Monthly Grace
Four Phases
Yang Virtue
Commoner Day
Three Harmony
Timely Yin
Five Harmony
Crying Hound Opposite
Inauspicious Sha
Dead Qi
Black Tortoise
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Monkey
Zhi Xing
Stable
Day Tian Shen
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious
Lunar Mansion
Bi / Auspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid planting or growth-oriented starts; the image is weak rooting and poor follow-through. Avoid well-digging or water-source work; results can turn stale or unsatisfying.
乙不栽植千株不长 / 卯不穿井水泉不香
Chong & Sha
(己酉) Rooster / West
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
Beginning of Winter · 2052-11-07 01:09 · Shanghai
Next
Minor Snow · 2052-11-21 22:46 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
碓磨门 Outside Due East
Month Tai
占门房
Daily Positions
Joy God
Northwest
Fortune God
Southwest
Wealth God
Northeast
Yang Noble
Southwest
Yin Noble
Due North
Na Yin
Ren-Shen
Sword-Edge Metal
壬申 · 剑锋金
Xin-Hai
Hairpin and Bracelet Metal
辛亥 · 钗钏金
Yi-Mao
Great Creek Water
乙卯 · 大溪水
Lunar Mansion
The classical Bi 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 Hour00:00-00:59Bing-Zi
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (庚午) Horse / South
Suitable on This Date
Install stove / Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits / Repairs / construction
Avoid on This Date
Raise the beam / Roof building / Encoffin / Assume office / Travel
Engagement / Marriage / Set bed / Relocate / Move into home / Repairs / construction / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits / Board a boat
Mao Hour05:00-06:59Ji-Mao
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (癸酉) Rooster / West
Suitable on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Engagement / Marriage / Move into home / Open business / Burial / Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate
Avoid on This Date
None
Chen Hour07:00-08:59Geng-Chen
Heavenly Punishment / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (甲戌) Dog / South
Suitable on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Fasting rites / Engagement / Marriage / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
Pray for blessings / Marriage / Repairs / construction / Roof building / Build a temple / Install stove / Move into home / Burial / Meet benefactors / Seek wealth
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel
Wu Hour11:00-12:59Ren-Wu
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (丙子) Rat / North
Suitable on This Date
Pray for offspring / Marriage / Relocate / Move into home / Open business / Transactions / Repairs / construction / Burial / Engagement
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed
Avoid on This Date
Raise the beam / Roof building / Encoffin / Assume office / Repairs / construction / Relocate / Travel / Litigation
Hai Hour21:00-22:59Ding-Hai
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (辛巳) Snake / West
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Move into home / Burial / Offer sacrifices
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking