Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, December 1956
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1廿九
+ Travel, Receiving wealth
− Building temples, Thanking the Earth God
2十一月
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Buying property, Digging wells
3初二
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Breaking ground for a grave, Breaking ground
4初三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Burial
5初四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleaning the house
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
6初五
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Weddings, Moving house
7Major Snow
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
8初七
+ Ritual bathing, Haircut
− Felling trees, Acquiring livestock
9初八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Travel
10初九
+ Making beams, Building and repairs
− Weddings, Praying for blessings
11初十
+ Burial, Opening a grave for reburial
− Avoid everything else
12十一
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Building a stove, Sculpting and painting deities
13十二
+ Haircut, Consecrating sacred images
− Moving into a new home, Moving house
14十三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Decorating walls
− Nothing is favourable
15十四
+ Moving into a new home, Placing the bed
− Weddings, Opening for business
16十五
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Nothing is favourable
17十六
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
18十七
+ Placing the bed, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Installing doors, Planting
19十八
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Cleaning the house
− Nothing is favourable
20十九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Felling trees, Acquiring livestock
21二十
Yalda Night
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Weddings, Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
22Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice (Dongzhi)
+ Ritual bathing, Coming-of-age ceremony
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
23廿二
+ Trading, Adding to the household (adoption, hiring)
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Moving into a new home
24廿三
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Felling trees
25廿四
Christmas
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Breaking ground
26廿五
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
27廿六
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Opening for business, Building temples
28廿七
+ Weddings, Coming-of-age ceremony
− Preparing one's own tomb, Breaking ground for a grave
29廿八
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
30廿九
+ Placing the bed, Setting up carpentry trestles
− Building a stove, Installing doors
31三十
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Felling trees, Making beams