Calendars · Find auspicious days

Chinese almanac, April 1866

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1十六
Easter
+ Weddings, Coming-of-age ceremony
− Opening for business, Roofing
2十七
Sizdah Bedar
+ Weddings, Making carts and tools
− Acquiring livestock, Haircut
3十八
+ Praying for blessings, Fasting and Taoist rites
− Betrothal gifts, Consecrating sacred images
4十九
Cold Food Festival
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Weddings, Moving house
5Pure Brightness
Qingming Festival (Tomb-Sweeping Day)
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Nothing is favourable
6廿一
+ Blocking holes against pests, Cleaning the house
− Nothing is favourable
7廿二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
−
8廿三
Orthodox Easter
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Pulling down a house
− Nothing is favourable
9廿四
+ Weddings, Praying for blessings
− Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
10廿五
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cutting cloth for garments
− Weddings, Digging wells
11廿六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Travel
− Consecrating sacred images, Felling trees
12廿七
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Repairing tombs, Building bridges
13廿八
Songkran
+ Consecrating sacred images, Travel
− Praying for blessings, Moving the altar fire before renovation
14廿九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Building a stove
− Weddings, Placing the bed
15三月
+ Ritual bathing, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Consecrating sacred images
16初二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
17Shangsi Festival
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Weddings, Opening for business
18初四
+ Ritual bathing, Blocking holes against pests
− Praying for blessings, Burial
19初五
+ Opening for business, Trading
− Betrothal gifts, Exchanging names (betrothal rite)
20Grain Rain
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Repairing gates
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
21初七
+ Installing the household altar, Moving the altar fire before renovation
− Building a stove, Burial
22初八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Travel
− Moving into a new home, Building a stove
23初九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Decorating walls
− Consecrating sacred images, Building and repairs
24初十
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Betrothal gifts, Travel
25十一
Day of Arafah
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Sculpting and painting deities
− Praying for blessings, Moving into a new home
26十二
Eid al-Adha
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Building a stove
− Placing the bed, Moving into a new home
27十三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
28十四
+ Betrothal gifts, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Weddings, Opening for business
29十五
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Praying for blessings, Fasting and Taoist rites
30十六
+ Ritual bathing, Catching pests
− Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Weddings