Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, December 1877
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1廿七
Hanukkah
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Weddings, Betrothal gifts
2廿八
+ Opening for business, Receiving wealth
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
3廿九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Haircut
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
4三十
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Opening for business, Breaking ground
5十一月
+ Weddings, Making carts and tools
− Opening for business, Betrothal gifts
6初二
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Visiting family and friends
− Weddings, Opening for business
7Major Snow
+ Haircut, Consecrating sacred images
− Moving into a new home, Moving house
8初四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Decorating walls
− Nothing is favourable
9初五
+ Moving into a new home, Placing the bed
− Weddings, Opening for business
10初六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Nothing is favourable
11初七
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
12初八
+ Placing the bed, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Installing doors, Planting
13初九
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Cleaning the house
− Nothing is favourable
14初十
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Felling trees, Acquiring livestock
15十一
Day of Arafah
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Weddings, Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
16十二
Eid al-Adha
+ Ritual bathing, Coming-of-age ceremony
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
17十三
+ Trading, Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Moving into a new home
18十四
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Felling trees
19十五
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Breaking ground
20十六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
21十七
Yalda Night
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Opening for business, Building temples
22Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice (Dongzhi)
+ Weddings, Coming-of-age ceremony
− Preparing one's own tomb, Breaking ground for a grave
23十九
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
24二十
+ Placing the bed, Setting up carpentry trestles
− Building a stove, Installing doors
25廿一
Christmas
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Felling trees, Making beams
26廿二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Visiting family and friends, Burial
27廿三
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Opening for business
28廿四
+ Moving into a new home, Moving house
− Weddings, Opening for business
29廿五
+ Building livestock pens, Training oxen and horses
− Moving into a new home, Moving house
30廿六
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Breaking ground for a grave, Burial
31廿七
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Praying for blessings, Moving the altar fire before renovation