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
Friday, 9/5/2070
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.
癸酉
Mixed
Decision for the selected date
This date is mixed; move in small steps and leave room to adjust.
No task has a clear priority on this date. Keep Meetings & Negotiation / Signing & Contracts / Travel & Departure tightly scoped and move other work in small steps.
Requested Date
2070-09-05
Effective Huangli Date
2070-09-05
Lunar Date
Lunar Month 8, Day 1
二〇七〇年八月初一
Day Ganzhi
Gui-You
癸酉
What are you planning for this date?
Quick Answer
Avoid
Signing & Contracts
Signing & Contracts is better delayed on this date. If you must move, avoid Si Hour 09:00-10:59 / Zi Hour 23:00-23:59.
For Signing & Contracts, the selected date is Avoid and the next day is Avoid. The next day's task-supported windows are Yin Hour 03:00-04:59 / Hai Hour 21:00-22:59.
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
Remove obstructions
Offer sacrifices
Pray for blessings
Pray for offspring
Repairs / construction
Groundbreaking
Raise the pillars
Raise the beam
Set bed
Acquire livestock
Roof building
Close the roof ridge
Lay the foundation
Encoffin
Break ground
Burial
Avoid on This Date
Move the hearth fire
Marriage
Consecration
Add a household member
Travel
Litigation
Open business
Move into home
Relocate
Assume office
Auspicious Spirits
Heavenly Virtue
Four Phases
Hidden Merit
Official Day
Auspicious Date
Conflict-Free Day
Removing Spirit
Crying Hound
Inauspicious Sha
Major Timing Clash
Great Defeat
Peach Blossom Pool
Nine Pits
Nine Scorches
Departing Loss
Five Separations
Black Tortoise
Raw Huangli Signals
Zodiac
Tiger
Zhi Xing
Remove
Day Tian Shen
Black Tortoise / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious
Lunar Mansion
Lou / Auspicious
Pengzu Notes
Avoid arguments, disputes, or litigation posture; the classical note favors the opposing side. Avoid hosting guests or loose social drinking; gatherings can become excessive or erratic.
癸不词讼理弱敌强 / 酉不会客醉坐颠狂
Chong & Sha
(丁卯) Rabbit / East
Solar Terms
Current
None
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Time standard
Shanghai
Tai Position
房床门 Outside Southwest
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
Geng-Yin
Pine and Cypress Wood
庚寅 · 松柏木
Jia-Shen
Spring Water
甲申 · 泉中水
Gui-You
Sword-Edge Metal
癸酉 · 剑锋金
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.
Hourly Timing
Zi Hour00:00-00:59Ren-Zi
Director of Fate / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (丙午) Horse / South
Suitable on This Date
Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Engagement / Marriage / Move into home / Open business / Burial / Pray for offspring / Install stove
Engagement / Marriage / Set bed / Relocate / Move into home / Repairs / construction / Burial / Assume office / Meet benefactors / Travel / Seek wealth
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits
Mao Hour05:00-06:59Yi-Mao
Hall of Brightness / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (己酉) Rooster / West
Suitable on This Date
None
Avoid on This Date
Avoid major actions
Chen Hour07:00-08:59Bing-Chen
Heavenly Punishment / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (庚戌) Dog / South
Suitable on This Date
Pray for blessings / Pray for offspring / Engagement / Marriage / Travel / Seek wealth / Open business / Transactions / Set bed / Offer sacrifices
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits / Repairs / construction / Install stove / Meet benefactors / Seek wealth / Marriage / Add a household member / Relocate / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Assume office / Travel
Shen Hour15:00-16:59Geng-Shen
White Tiger / Inauspicious Track / Inauspicious / (甲寅) Tiger / South
Suitable on This Date
Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth / Meet benefactors / Marriage / Add a household member / Relocate / Burial
Avoid on This Date
Offer sacrifices / Pray for blessings / Fasting rites / Offer thanks to spirits / Repairs / construction / Groundbreaking
You Hour17:00-18:59Xin-You
Jade Hall / Auspicious Track / Auspicious / (乙卯) Rabbit / East
Suitable on This Date
Repairs / construction / Roof building / Relocate / Set bed / Move into home / Open business / Open granary / Pray for blessings / Engagement / Marriage / Assume office / Travel / Seek wealth