黄历 · Chinese almanac
Wednesday, March 24, 2027
农历二月十七 (2nd lunar month, day 17) · Year of the Goat 丁未 · Day 壬寅
Traditionally favored 宜
- 冠笄 Coming-of-age rites
- 立券 Signing contracts
- 交易 Trading and deals
- 修造 Building and renovation
- 动土 Breaking ground
- 安机械 Installing machinery
- 入殓 Placing in the coffin
- 安葬 Burials
- 破土 Breaking ground for a grave
Traditionally avoided 忌
- 嫁娶 Weddings
- 祈福 Praying for blessings
- 出火 Moving the family altar (a ritual)
- 入宅 Moving into a new home
Clash 冲煞
Clashes with the Monkey 丙申
The almanac names one clashing animal each day. Some people born in Monkey years keep their plans simple on a day like this. It’s a custom, and nothing to worry about.
Sha direction: North 煞北
Day officer 建除
闭 Close
The twelve day officers take turns through the calendar. Their names are traditional categories: “Danger” or “Destruction” doesn’t mean anything bad will happen today.
Directions 方位
- Joy 喜神
- South 正南
- Wealth 财神
- South 正南
- Fortune 福神
- Southeast 东南
Solar term 节气
Spring Equinox 春分 since March 21. Next up: Clear and Bright 清明 on April 5. Dates are in China Standard Time (UTC+8).
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The almanac (黄历, also known as the Tung Shing 通胜) is a traditional Chinese calendar that notes what each day suits. We share it as cultural reference. We leave out its entries on medical treatment, lawsuits and praying for children, and a list says so when that happens. Please don’t let a calendar decide when you see a doctor.
How this almanac is worked out
- Source: the almanac tables built into the open-source lunar-javascript library (version 1.7.7). The library doesn’t cite a classical source for its good-for and avoid tables, and we’re having them reviewed.
- Which day: we show the standard entries for the calendar date you choose. “Today” follows your device’s time zone. The entries themselves aren’t recalculated for your time zone.
- Lunar date and year: these follow the Chinese lunar calendar, so the year here turns at Lunar New Year. BaZi charts on this site turn the year at Li Chun instead.
- Day: each almanac day runs from midnight to midnight on the calendar date. The 11pm rule used in BaZi charts doesn’t apply here.
- Month: for the good-for and avoid lists and the day officer, the month changes on the calendar day of each solar term, and that whole day counts in the new month.
- Day officer: counted from the month’s branch to the day’s branch, in the traditional order 建除满平定执破危成收开闭.
- Directions: the Joy, Wealth and Fortune directions come from the day’s heavenly stem, using the library’s standard tables (its default second table for Fortune). They belong to the date and aren’t personal to you.
- Solar-term dates are given in China Standard Time (UTC+8).