Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, August 2024
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1廿七
+ Weddings, Betrothal gifts
− Raising the ridge beam, Moving into a new home
2廿八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Weddings
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
3廿九
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Building a stove
4七月
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Weddings, Fasting and Taoist rites
5初二
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Weddings, Burial
6初三
+ Weddings, Opening for business
− Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
7Start of Autumn
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
8初五
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Consecrating sacred images, Acupuncture and moxibustion
9初六
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Breaking ground, Burial
10初七
Qixi Festival
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Moving into a new home, Making beams
11初八
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Consecrating sacred images
12初九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Breaking ground for a grave, Buying property
13初十
Tisha B'Av
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Visiting family and friends
14十一
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Receiving wealth
15十二
+ Building a stove, Ritual bathing
− Nothing is favourable
16十三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for children
− Weddings, Moving house
17十四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Blocking holes against pests
− Nothing is favourable
18十五
Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan)
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
19十六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Nothing is favourable
20十七
+ Weddings, Moving the altar fire before renovation
− Planting, Building a stove
21十八
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
22End of Heat
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Encoffining
23二十
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Breaking ground
− Consecrating sacred images, Travel
24廿一
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cutting cloth for garments
− Placing the bed, Breaking ground
25廿二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Travel
26廿三
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Felling trees, Thanking the Earth God
27廿四
+ Decorating walls, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Lawsuits
28廿五
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Opening for business
29廿六
+ Breaking ground for a grave, Burial
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
30廿七
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Praying for blessings, Betrothal gifts
31廿八
+ Weddings, Consecrating sacred images
− Digging wells, Haircut