Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, December 1888
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1廿八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleaning the house
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
2廿九
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Weddings, Moving house
3十一月
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Weddings, Betrothal gifts
4初二
+ Opening for business, Receiving wealth
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
5初三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Haircut
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
6Major Snow
+ Making beams, Building and repairs
− Weddings, Praying for blessings
7初五
+ Burial, Opening a grave for reburial
− Avoid everything else
8初六
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Building a stove, Sculpting and painting deities
9初七
+ Haircut, Consecrating sacred images
− Moving into a new home, Moving house
10初八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Decorating walls
− Nothing is favourable
11初九
+ Moving into a new home, Placing the bed
− Weddings, Opening for business
12初十
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Nothing is favourable
13十一
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
14十二
+ Placing the bed, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Installing doors, Planting
15十三
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Cleaning the house
− Nothing is favourable
16十四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Felling trees, Acquiring livestock
17十五
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Weddings, Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
18十六
+ Ritual bathing, Coming-of-age ceremony
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
19十七
+ Trading, Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Moving into a new home
20十八
Yalda Night
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Felling trees
21Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice (Dongzhi)
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Breaking ground
22二十
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
23廿一
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Opening for business, Building temples
24廿二
+ Weddings, Coming-of-age ceremony
− Preparing one's own tomb, Breaking ground for a grave
25廿三
Christmas
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
26廿四
+ Placing the bed, Setting up carpentry trestles
− Building a stove, Installing doors
27廿五
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Felling trees, Making beams
28廿六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Visiting family and friends, Burial
29廿七
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Opening for business
30廿八
+ Moving into a new home, Moving house
− Weddings, Opening for business
31廿九
+ Building livestock pens, Training oxen and horses
− Moving into a new home, Moving house