Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, August 1954
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1初三
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
2初四
+ Opening for business, Trading
− Moving into a new home, Moving house
3初五
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Digging wells, Felling trees
4初六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Coming-of-age ceremony
− Digging channels, Building boats
5初七
Qixi Festival
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Moving house, Planting
6初八
+ Setting up the loom, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Consecrating sacred images, Medical treatment
7初九
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
8Start of Autumn
Day of Arafah
Tisha B'Av
+ Weddings, Travel
− Building a stove, Breaking ground
9十一
Eid al-Adha
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Weddings, Opening for business
10十二
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Opening for business, Burial
11十三
+ Ritual bathing, Decorating walls
− Weddings, Praying for blessings
12十四
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Opening for business, Burial
13十五
Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan)
+ Catching pests, Making nets
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
14十六
+ Ritual bathing, Medical treatment
− Nothing is favourable
15十七
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
16十八
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Consecrating sacred images, Acupuncture and moxibustion
17十九
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Breaking ground, Burial
18二十
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Moving into a new home, Making beams
19廿一
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Consecrating sacred images
20廿二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Breaking ground for a grave, Buying property
21廿三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Visiting family and friends
22廿四
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Receiving wealth
23廿五
+ Building a stove, Ritual bathing
− Nothing is favourable
24End of Heat
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for children
− Weddings, Moving house
25廿七
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Blocking holes against pests
− Nothing is favourable
26廿八
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
27廿九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Nothing is favourable
28八月
+ Weddings, Moving the altar fire before renovation
− Planting, Building a stove
29初二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
30初三
Islamic New Year
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Encoffining
31初四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Breaking ground
− Consecrating sacred images, Travel