Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, January 1987
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1初二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Travel
2初三
+ Making beams, Building and repairs
− Weddings, Praying for blessings
3初四
+ Burial, Opening a grave for reburial
− Avoid everything else
4初五
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Building a stove, Sculpting and painting deities
5初六
+ Haircut, Consecrating sacred images
− Moving into a new home, Moving house
6Minor Cold
Epiphany
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Moving into a new home, Consecrating sacred images
7初八
Laba Festival
Orthodox Christmas
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Coming-of-age ceremony
− Moving house, Moving into a new home
8初九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Installing mortars and millstones
− Weddings, Burial
9初十
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Opening for business
10十一
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Weddings, Opening for business
11十二
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Praying for blessings, Weddings
12十三
+ Encoffining, Removing mourning clothes
− Opening for business, Felling trees
13十四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Building a stove
− Opening for business, Placing the bed
14十五
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Encoffining
15十六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Opening granaries, Weddings
16十七
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Nothing is favourable
17十八
+ Ritual bathing, Cleansing and exorcism
− Building a stove, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
18十九
+ Travel, Weddings
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19二十
Timkat (Epiphany)
+ Decorating walls, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Moving house
20Major Cold
+ Visiting family and friends, Betrothal gifts
− Travel, Medical treatment
21廿二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Visiting family and friends
− Roofing, Opening for business
22廿三
Little New Year (Xiaonian)
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Pulling down a house
− Nothing is favourable
23廿四
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Moving into a new home, Placing the bed
24廿五
+ Encoffining, Removing mourning clothes
− Breaking ground for a grave, Felling trees
25廿六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Opening granaries, Roofing
26廿七
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Travel
− Planting, Encoffining
27廿八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Building a stove, Digging wells
28廿九
New Year's Eve (Chuxi)
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Cleaning the house
−
29正月
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
Seollal (Korean New Year)
+ Opening for business, Trading
− Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
30初二
+ Opening for business, Trading
− Building and repairs, Raising the ridge beam
31初三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
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