Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, January 1865
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1初四
+ Placing the bed, Setting up carpentry trestles
− Building a stove, Installing doors
2初五
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Felling trees, Making beams
3初六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Visiting family and friends, Burial
4初七
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Opening for business
5Minor Cold
Laba Festival
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Travel
− Planting, Encoffining
6初九
Epiphany
Orthodox Christmas
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Building a stove, Digging wells
7初十
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Cleaning the house
−
8十一
+ Opening for business, Trading
− Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
9十二
+ Opening for business, Trading
− Building and repairs, Raising the ridge beam
10十三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
−
11十四
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Digging wells, Burial
12十五
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Digging wells, Burial
13十六
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
14十七
+ Weddings, Opening for business
− Placing the bed, Felling trees
15十八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
−
16十九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Nothing is favourable
17二十
+ Opening for business, Trading
− Weddings, Planting
18廿一
Timkat (Epiphany)
+ Placing the bed, Cutting cloth for garments
− Buying property, Weddings
19廿二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Breaking ground
20Major Cold
Little New Year (Xiaonian)
+ Ritual bathing, Sculpting and painting deities
− Moving into a new home, Installing doors
21廿四
+ Weddings, Travel
− Digging wells, Praying for blessings
22廿五
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Repairing roads
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
23廿六
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Opening for business, Funeral procession
24廿七
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Felling trees, Opening for business
25廿八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Pulling down a house
− Opening for business, Breaking ground
26廿九
New Year's Eve (Chuxi)
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Praying for blessings, Building temples
27正月
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
Seollal (Korean New Year)
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Fasting and Taoist rites
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
28初二
Start of Ramadan
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Fasting and Taoist rites
− Weddings, Opening for business
29初三
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Hanging bed curtains
30初四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Moving into a new home, Buying property
31初五
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Training oxen and horses
− Weddings, Moving into a new home