Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, January 1974
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1初九
+ Opening for business, Signing contracts
− Weddings, Praying for blessings
2初十
+ Repairing roads, Avoid everything else
− Nothing is favourable
3十一
Day of Arafah
+ Praying for children, Fasting and Taoist rites
− Opening for business, Weddings
4十二
Eid al-Adha
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Opening for business, Burial
5十三
+ Medical treatment, Pulling down a house
− Nothing is favourable
6Minor Cold
Epiphany
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Pulling down a house
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Weddings
7十五
Orthodox Christmas
+ Ritual bathing, Opening granaries
− Praying for blessings, Weddings
8十六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Building temples, Moving into a new home
9十七
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Opening for business, Placing the bed
10十八
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Building temples, Weddings
11十九
+ Trading, Signing contracts
− Consecrating sacred images, Weddings
12二十
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Breaking ground for a grave, Breaking ground
13廿一
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Visiting the sick, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
14廿二
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Moving into a new home, Consecrating sacred images
15廿三
Little New Year (Xiaonian)
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Coming-of-age ceremony
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
16廿四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Installing mortars and millstones
− Weddings, Burial
17廿五
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Opening for business
18廿六
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Weddings, Opening for business
19廿七
Timkat (Epiphany)
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Praying for blessings, Weddings
20Major Cold
+ Encoffining, Removing mourning clothes
− Opening for business, Felling trees
21廿九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Building a stove
− Opening for business, Placing the bed
22三十
New Year's Eve (Chuxi)
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Encoffining
23正月
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
Seollal (Korean New Year)
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Opening granaries, Weddings
24初二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Nothing is favourable
25初三
Islamic New Year
+ Ritual bathing, Cleansing and exorcism
− Building a stove, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
26初四
+ Travel, Weddings
−
27初五
+ Decorating walls, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Moving house
28初六
+ Visiting family and friends, Betrothal gifts
− Travel, Medical treatment
29初七
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Visiting family and friends
− Roofing, Opening for business
30初八
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Pulling down a house
− Nothing is favourable
31初九
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Moving into a new home, Placing the bed