Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, August 2014
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1初六
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Burial, Breaking ground for a grave
2初七
Qixi Festival
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Travel, Burial
3初八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Opening for business, Moving into a new home
4初九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Building and repairs
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
5初十
Tisha B'Av
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Ritual bathing
− Weddings, Travel
6十一
+ Receiving wealth, Opening for business
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Moving into a new home
7Start of Autumn
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Receiving wealth
8十三
+ Building a stove, Ritual bathing
− Nothing is favourable
9十四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for children
− Weddings, Moving house
10十五
Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan)
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Blocking holes against pests
− Nothing is favourable
11十六
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
12十七
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Nothing is favourable
13十八
+ Weddings, Moving the altar fire before renovation
− Planting, Building a stove
14十九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
15二十
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Encoffining
16廿一
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Breaking ground
− Consecrating sacred images, Travel
17廿二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cutting cloth for garments
− Placing the bed, Breaking ground
18廿三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Travel
19廿四
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Felling trees, Thanking the Earth God
20廿五
+ Decorating walls, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Lawsuits
21廿六
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Opening for business
22廿七
+ Breaking ground for a grave, Burial
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
23End of Heat
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Praying for blessings, Betrothal gifts
24廿九
+ Weddings, Consecrating sacred images
− Digging wells, Haircut
25八月
+ Installing machinery, Betrothal gifts
− Moving into a new home, Weddings
26初二
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Funeral procession, Burial
27初三
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Moving into a new home, Raising the ridge beam
28初四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Travel
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
29初五
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Planting, Digging wells
30初六
+ Cleansing and exorcism, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Moving the altar fire before renovation, Weddings
31初七
+ Ritual bathing, Haircut
− Opening for business, Moving into a new home