Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, May 1937
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1廿一
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Sculpting and painting deities
− Moving the altar fire before renovation, Moving into a new home
2廿二
Orthodox Easter
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Avoid everything else
− Building temples, Weddings
3廿三
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Encoffining, Burial
4廿四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Digging wells, Installing doors
5廿五
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
− Digging wells, Breaking ground
6Start of Summer
+ Blocking holes against pests, Exterminating termites
− Weddings, Burial
7廿七
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Building a stove, Placing the bed
8廿八
+ Consecrating sacred images, Betrothal gifts
− Weddings, Planting
9廿九
+ Betrothal gifts, Weddings
− Felling trees, Burial
10四月
+ Opening for business, Trading
− Building a stove, Weddings
11初二
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Opening for business, Signing contracts
12初三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Consecrating sacred images, Burial
13初四
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Building a stove, Opening for business
14初五
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Placing the bed, Raising the ridge beam
15初六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Making nets
− Visiting the sick, Weddings
16初七
Pentecost
Shavuot
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Moving into a new home, Installing doors
17初八
+ Weddings, Coming-of-age ceremony
− Roofing, Building bridges
18初九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Burial
19初十
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Opening for business, Travel
20十一
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Opening for business, Building a stove
21Grain Buds
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Praying for blessings, Weddings
22十三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
23十四
Mawlid (Prophet's Birthday)
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
24十五
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Funeral procession, Burial
25十六
+ Ritual bathing, Cleaning the house
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Opening for business
26十七
+ Opening for business, Trading
− Weddings, Moving the altar fire before renovation
27十八
+ Planting, Catching pests
− Opening for business, Breaking ground
28十九
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Opening for business, Moving into a new home
29二十
+ Avoid everything else
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30廿一
+ Blocking holes against pests, Exterminating termites
− Breaking ground for a grave, Burial
31廿二
+ Consecrating sacred images, Travel
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