Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, August 1887
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1十二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Weddings
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
2十三
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Building a stove
3十四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Weddings, Fasting and Taoist rites
4十五
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Weddings, Burial
5十六
+ Weddings, Opening for business
− Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
6十七
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Moving into a new home, Opening for business
7十八
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Burial, Breaking ground for a grave
8Start of Autumn
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Breaking ground, Burial
9二十
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Moving into a new home, Making beams
10廿一
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Consecrating sacred images
11廿二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Breaking ground for a grave, Buying property
12廿三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Visiting family and friends
13廿四
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Receiving wealth
14廿五
+ Building a stove, Ritual bathing
− Nothing is favourable
15廿六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for children
− Weddings, Moving house
16廿七
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Blocking holes against pests
− Nothing is favourable
17廿八
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
18廿九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Nothing is favourable
19七月
+ Weddings, Moving the altar fire before renovation
− Planting, Building a stove
20初二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
21初三
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Encoffining
22初四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Breaking ground
− Consecrating sacred images, Travel
23End of Heat
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cutting cloth for garments
− Placing the bed, Breaking ground
24初六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Travel
25初七
Qixi Festival
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Felling trees, Thanking the Earth God
26初八
+ Decorating walls, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Lawsuits
27初九
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Opening for business
28初十
+ Breaking ground for a grave, Burial
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
29十一
Day of Arafah
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Praying for blessings, Betrothal gifts
30十二
Eid al-Adha
+ Weddings, Consecrating sacred images
− Digging wells, Haircut
31十三
+ Installing machinery, Betrothal gifts
− Moving into a new home, Weddings