Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, August 1853
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1廿七
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Weddings, Fasting and Taoist rites
2廿八
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Weddings, Burial
3廿九
+ Weddings, Opening for business
− Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
4三十
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Moving into a new home, Opening for business
5七月
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Burial, Breaking ground for a grave
6初二
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Travel, Burial
7初三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Opening for business, Moving into a new home
8Start of Autumn
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Consecrating sacred images
9初五
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Breaking ground for a grave, Buying property
10初六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Visiting family and friends
11初七
Qixi Festival
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Receiving wealth
12初八
+ Building a stove, Ritual bathing
− Nothing is favourable
13初九
Tisha B'Av
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for children
− Weddings, Moving house
14初十
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Blocking holes against pests
− Nothing is favourable
15十一
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
16十二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Nothing is favourable
17十三
+ Weddings, Moving the altar fire before renovation
− Planting, Building a stove
18十四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
19十五
Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan)
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Encoffining
20十六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Breaking ground
− Consecrating sacred images, Travel
21十七
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cutting cloth for garments
− Placing the bed, Breaking ground
22十八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Travel
23End of Heat
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Felling trees, Thanking the Earth God
24二十
+ Decorating walls, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Lawsuits
25廿一
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Opening for business
26廿二
+ Breaking ground for a grave, Burial
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
27廿三
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Praying for blessings, Betrothal gifts
28廿四
+ Weddings, Consecrating sacred images
− Digging wells, Haircut
29廿五
+ Installing machinery, Betrothal gifts
− Moving into a new home, Weddings
30廿六
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Funeral procession, Burial
31廿七
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Moving into a new home, Raising the ridge beam