Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, August 2013
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1廿五
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Building a stove
2廿六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Weddings, Fasting and Taoist rites
3廿七
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Weddings, Burial
4廿八
Laylat al-Qadr
+ Weddings, Opening for business
− Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
5廿九
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Moving into a new home, Opening for business
6三十
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Burial, Breaking ground for a grave
7Start of Autumn
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Breaking ground, Burial
8初二
Eid al-Fitr
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Moving into a new home, Making beams
9初三
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Consecrating sacred images
10初四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Breaking ground for a grave, Buying property
11初五
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Visiting family and friends
12初六
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Receiving wealth
13初七
Qixi Festival
+ Building a stove, Ritual bathing
− Nothing is favourable
14初八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for children
− Weddings, Moving house
15初九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Blocking holes against pests
− Nothing is favourable
16初十
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
17十一
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Nothing is favourable
18十二
+ Weddings, Moving the altar fire before renovation
− Planting, Building a stove
19十三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
20十四
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Encoffining
21十五
Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan)
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Breaking ground
− Consecrating sacred images, Travel
22十六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cutting cloth for garments
− Placing the bed, Breaking ground
23End of Heat
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Travel
24十八
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Felling trees, Thanking the Earth God
25十九
+ Decorating walls, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Lawsuits
26二十
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Opening for business
27廿一
+ Breaking ground for a grave, Burial
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
28廿二
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Praying for blessings, Betrothal gifts
29廿三
+ Weddings, Consecrating sacred images
− Digging wells, Haircut
30廿四
+ Installing machinery, Betrothal gifts
− Moving into a new home, Weddings
31廿五
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Funeral procession, Burial