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
Saturday, 9/13/2059
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.
癸未
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
2059-09-13
Effective Huangli Date
2059-09-13
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 8, Day 7
二〇五九年八月初七
Day Ganzhi
Gui-Wei
癸未
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Mixed
Signing & Contracts
Signing & Contracts is workable in a smaller scope: favor Xu Hour 19:00-20:59 / Mao Hour 05:00-06:59 and avoid Chen Hour 07:00-08:59.
Strongest WindowsXu Hour 19:00-20:59 / Mao Hour 05:00-06:59
Caution WindowsChen Hour 07:00-08:59
Supporting evidenceOpen / Heavenly Virtue
Caution evidenceNu
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Next day compared with selected date
Mixed
2059-09-14 · Signing & Contracts
For Signing & Contracts, the selected date is Mixed and the next day is Mixed. The next day has no task-specific hour strong enough to recommend.
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
立碑
修坟
Open tomb chamber
End mourning
Begin mourning rites
Avoid other major acts
Avoid on This Date
None
Auspicious Spirits
天恩
母仓
Monthly Grace
四相
阴德
时阳
生气
天仓
不将
Precious Light
Inauspicious Sha
Five Emptinesses
九空
Earth Talisman
触水龙
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Rabbit
Zhi Xing
Open
Day Tian Shen
Heavenly Virtue / Auspicious Track / Auspicious
Lunar Mansion
Nu / Inauspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid arguments, disputes, or litigation posture; the classical note favors the opposing side. Avoid taking potent medicine unless necessary; the note warns of poor absorption or side effects.
癸不词讼理弱敌强 / 未不服药毒气入肠
Chong & Sha
(丁丑)Ox / West
Solar Terms
Current
None
Previous
White Dew · 2059-09-07 22:26 · Shanghai
Next
Autumn Equinox · 2059-09-23 08:03 · Shanghai
Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
房床厕 Outside Northwest
Month Tai
占厕户
Daily Positions
Joy God
Southeast
Fortune God
Northeast
Wealth God
Due South
Yang Noble
Southeast
Yin Noble
Due East
Na Yin
Ji-Mao
City-Wall Earth
己卯 · 城头土
Gui-You
Sword-Edge Metal
癸酉 · 剑锋金
Gui-Wei
Willow Wood
癸未 · 杨柳木
Lunar Mansion
The classical Nu 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.
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Repairs / construction / Burial / Assume office
Avoid on This Date
None
Yin Hour03:00-04:59Jia-Yin
Golden Coffer / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (戊申)Monkey / North
Suitable on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Offer thanks to spirits / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Engagement / Marriage / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking / Assume office / Travel
Pray for blessings / Engagement / Marriage / Set bed / Relocate / Move into home / Repairs / construction / Burial / Offer sacrifices / Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors
Avoid on This Date
None
Wei Hour13:00-14:59Ji-Wei
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (癸丑)Ox / West
Suitable on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Fasting rites / Travel / Marriage / Burial / Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Install stove / Set bed / Move into home / Open business
Avoid on This Date
None
Shen Hour15:00-16:59Geng-Shen
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (甲寅)Tiger / South
Suitable on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / 合脊 / Marriage / Repairs / construction / Burial / Pray for offspring