Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, August 1854
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1初八
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Travel, Burial
2初九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Opening for business, Moving into a new home
3初十
Tisha B'Av
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Building and repairs
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
4十一
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Weddings, Travel
5十二
+ Receiving wealth, Opening for business
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Moving into a new home
6十三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Decorating walls
− Opening for business, Breaking ground
7十四
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Weddings, Burial
8Start of Autumn
Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan)
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for children
− Weddings, Moving house
9十六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Blocking holes against pests
− Nothing is favourable
10十七
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
11十八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Nothing is favourable
12十九
+ Weddings, Moving the altar fire before renovation
− Planting, Building a stove
13二十
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
14廿一
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Encoffining
15廿二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Breaking ground
− Consecrating sacred images, Travel
16廿三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cutting cloth for garments
− Placing the bed, Breaking ground
17廿四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Travel
18廿五
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Felling trees, Thanking the Earth God
19廿六
+ Decorating walls, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Lawsuits
20廿七
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Opening for business
21廿八
+ Breaking ground for a grave, Burial
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
22廿九
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Praying for blessings, Betrothal gifts
23End of Heat
+ Weddings, Consecrating sacred images
− Digging wells, Haircut
24闰七月
+ Installing machinery, Betrothal gifts
− Moving into a new home, Weddings
25初二
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Funeral procession, Burial
26初三
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Moving into a new home, Raising the ridge beam
27初四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Travel
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
28初五
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Planting, Digging wells
29初六
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Moving the altar fire before renovation, Weddings
30初七
+ Ritual bathing, Haircut
− Opening for business, Moving into a new home
31初八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Haircut
− Weddings, Planting