Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, August 1921
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1廿八
+ Building and repairs, Breaking ground
− Opening for business, Moving into a new home
2廿九
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Raising the ridge beam, Moving into a new home
3三十
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Weddings
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
4七月
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Building a stove
5初二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Weddings, Fasting and Taoist rites
6初三
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Weddings, Burial
7初四
+ Weddings, Opening for business
− Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
8Start of Autumn
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
9初六
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Consecrating sacred images, Acupuncture and moxibustion
10初七
Qixi Festival
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Breaking ground, Burial
11初八
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Moving into a new home, Making beams
12初九
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Consecrating sacred images
13初十
Day of Arafah
Tisha B'Av
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Breaking ground for a grave, Buying property
14十一
Eid al-Adha
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Visiting family and friends
15十二
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Receiving wealth
16十三
+ Building a stove, Ritual bathing
− Nothing is favourable
17十四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for children
− Weddings, Moving house
18十五
Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan)
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Blocking holes against pests
− Nothing is favourable
19十六
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
20十七
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Nothing is favourable
21十八
+ Weddings, Moving the altar fire before renovation
− Planting, Building a stove
22十九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
23二十
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Encoffining
24End of Heat
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Breaking ground
− Consecrating sacred images, Travel
25廿二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cutting cloth for garments
− Placing the bed, Breaking ground
26廿三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Travel
27廿四
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Felling trees, Thanking the Earth God
28廿五
+ Decorating walls, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Lawsuits
29廿六
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Opening for business
30廿七
+ Breaking ground for a grave, Burial
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
31廿八
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Praying for blessings, Betrothal gifts