Calendars · Find auspicious days
Chinese almanac, August 2116
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1廿三
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Weddings, Building a stove
2廿四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Weddings, Fasting and Taoist rites
3廿五
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Weddings, Burial
4廿六
+ Weddings, Opening for business
− Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
5廿七
+ Weddings, Making agreements
− Moving into a new home, Opening for business
6廿八
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Burial, Breaking ground for a grave
7Start of Autumn
+ Making agreements, Betrothal gifts
− Breaking ground, Burial
8三十
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Moving into a new home, Making beams
9七月
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Consecrating sacred images
10初二
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for blessings
− Breaking ground for a grave, Buying property
11初三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Visiting family and friends
12初四
+ Sculpting and painting deities, Consecrating sacred images
− Weddings, Receiving wealth
13初五
+ Building a stove, Ritual bathing
− Nothing is favourable
14初六
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Praying for children
− Weddings, Moving house
15初七
Qixi Festival
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Blocking holes against pests
− Nothing is favourable
16初八
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Nothing is favourable
17初九
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Encoffining
− Nothing is favourable
18初十
Day of Arafah
+ Weddings, Moving the altar fire before renovation
− Planting, Building a stove
19十一
Eid al-Adha
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Consecrating sacred images
− Breaking ground, Breaking ground for a grave
20十二
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Roofing, Encoffining
21十三
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Breaking ground
− Consecrating sacred images, Travel
22十四
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cutting cloth for garments
− Placing the bed, Breaking ground
23End of Heat
Ghost Festival (Zhongyuan)
+ Sacrifices and ancestor offerings, Cleansing and exorcism
− Weddings, Travel
24十六
+ Betrothal gifts, Making agreements
− Felling trees, Thanking the Earth God
25十七
+ Decorating walls, Repairing roads
− Weddings, Lawsuits
26十八
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Fasting and Taoist rites, Opening for business
27十九
+ Breaking ground for a grave, Burial
− Weddings, Moving into a new home
28二十
+ Pulling down a house, Pulling down walls
− Praying for blessings, Betrothal gifts
29廿一
+ Weddings, Consecrating sacred images
− Digging wells, Haircut
30廿二
+ Installing machinery, Betrothal gifts
− Moving into a new home, Weddings
31廿三
+ Weddings, Sacrifices and ancestor offerings
− Funeral procession, Burial