Chinese almanac: January 2014
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 12/1 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Clearing and cleaning, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Taking in livestock, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Repairing a grave, Erecting a headstone | Felling trees, Making beams, Breaking ground, Placing a bed, Planting, Building a bridge |
| Jan 2 | 12/2 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Haircut, Receiving money, Adding to the household, Planting, House cleaning, Catching pests, Hunting, Making nets | Meeting family and friends, Burial, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Opening for business, Funeral procession, Moving the household altar out, Building a stove, Installing a door |
| Jan 3 | 12/3 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Sculpting and painting, Clearing and cleaning, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Installing a door, Buying property, Digging a pond, Digging a well, Taking in livestock, Placing a bed, Planting, Building an animal shelter, Digging a grave site, Moving a coffin, Erecting a headstone | Wedding, Opening for business, Moving the household altar out, Adding to the household, Encoffining, Taking up a post, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Setting out on a journey, Burial |
| Jan 4 | 12/4 | Moving into a new home, Moving house, Setting out on a journey, Adding to the household, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Raising the roof beam, Installing a door, Building a storehouse, Patching a wall, Blocking holes, Building an animal shelter | Wedding, Opening for business, Placing a bed, Planting, Burial, Praying for blessings, Consecrating an image, Digging a well |
| Jan 5 | 12/5 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Ritual bathing, Placing a bed, Installing machinery, Making carts, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Opening a tomb, Burial, Erecting a headstone, Making bed curtains, Setting up a loom, Trading | Building a stove, Digging a well, Wedding, Moving into a new home |
| Jan 6 | 12/6 | Clearing and cleaning, House cleaning, Rites and offerings, Training oxen and horses, Nothing else | None |
| Jan 7 | 12/7 | Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Hanging a sign, Consecrating an image, Clearing and cleaning, Felling trees, Making beams, Moving the household altar out, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Demolition, Breaking ground, Raising the roof beam, Planting, Taking in livestock, Burial | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Setting out on a journey, Buying property |
| Jan 8 | 12/8 | Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Receiving money, Digging a pond, Patching a wall, Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Taking in livestock, Fishing, Placing a bed | Repairs and building, Raising the roof beam, Moving into a new home, Praying for blessings, Visiting the sick, Digging a well, Breaking ground, Installing a door, Burial, Building a stove |
| Jan 9 | 12/9 | Rites and offerings, Clearing and cleaning, Repairing walls, Levelling roads, Nothing else | None |
| Jan 10 | 12/10 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Breaking ground, Meeting family and friends, Laying foundations, Building a storehouse, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock, Building a toilet, Adding to the household | Digging a well, Burial, Planting, Setting out on a journey, Building a stove, Opening for business, Moving into a new home, Installing a door |
| Jan 11 | 12/11 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Adding to the household | Digging a well, Burial, Planting, Setting out on a journey, Building a stove, Opening for business, Installing a door |
| Jan 12 | 12/12 | Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Jan 13 | 12/13 | Wedding, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Repairs and building, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Moving a coffin, Burial, Opening a tomb, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | Placing a bed, Felling trees, Praying for blessings, Taking in livestock |
| Jan 14 | 12/14 | Rites and offerings, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Opening a tomb, Burial, Repairing a grave, Erecting a headstone, Nothing else | None |
| Jan 15 | 12/15 | Rites and offerings, Clearing and cleaning, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Jan 16 | 12/16 | Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Receiving money, Taking in livestock, Building an animal shelter, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Consecrating an image, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Breaking ground | Wedding, Planting, Burial, Haircut, Building a temple, Building a stove, Encoffining, Funeral procession, Building a bridge |
| Jan 17 | 12/17 | Placing a bed, Cutting cloth, Trading, Signing a deed, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Burial, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | Buying property, Wedding, Setting out on a journey, Consecrating an image, Planting, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Moving into a new home, Treating illness |
| Jan 18 | 12/18 | Rites and offerings, Clearing and cleaning, Building an animal shelter, Training oxen and horses, Acupuncture, Nothing else | Wedding, Breaking ground, Digging a pond, Burial |
| Jan 19 | 12/19 | Ritual bathing, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Receiving money, Laying foundations, Breaking ground, Setting pillar bases, Releasing water, Burial, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb, Repairing a grave, Erecting a headstone, Moving a coffin | Moving into a new home, Installing a door, Rites and offerings, Thanking the earth |
| Jan 20 | 12/20 | Wedding, Setting out on a journey, Haircut, Placing a bed, Opening a tomb, Burial, Repairing a grave, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Receiving money, Digging a pond, Raising livestock | Digging a well, Praying for blessings, Thanking the earth, Breaking ground, Moving into a new home, Raising the roof beam, Repairs and building, Building a stove |
| Jan 21 | 12/21 | Clearing and cleaning, Levelling roads, Nothing else | Moving house, Moving into a new home, Digging a well, Building a temple, Planting, Acupuncture, Treating illness, Digging a pond |
| Jan 22 | 12/22 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Consecrating an image, Felling trees, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Raising the roof beam, Placing a bed, Taking in livestock | Opening for business, Funeral procession, Planting, Setting out on a journey, Shipping goods, Burial, Buying property, Lawsuits, Treating illness |
| Jan 23 | 12/23 | Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Clearing and cleaning, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Breaking ground, Taking in livestock, Thanking the earth, Burial, Digging a grave site | Felling trees, Opening for business, Trading, Raising the roof beam, Building a stove, Installing a door, Roofing |
| Jan 24 | 12/24 | Rites and offerings, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Clearing and cleaning, Nothing else | Opening for business, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site |
| Jan 25 | 12/25 | Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Consecrating an image, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Receiving money, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Cutting cloth, Roofing, Laying foundations, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Installing a door, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Planting, Raising livestock, Hunting, Digging a well, Digging a pond, Burial, Digging a grave site, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Erecting a headstone | Praying for blessings, Building a temple, Rites and offerings, Placing a bed, Thanking the earth |
| Jan 26 | 12/26 | Rites and offerings, Temple rites, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb, Burial, Repairing a grave, Erecting a headstone, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | Wedding, Moving into a new home, Building a stove, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement |
| Jan 27 | 12/27 | Rites and offerings, Temple rites, Receiving money, Catching pests, Hunting | Wedding, Opening for business, Moving into a new home, Placing a bed, Digging a grave site, Burial |
| Jan 28 | 12/28 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Temple rites, Ritual bathing, Adding to the household, Meeting family and friends, Starting school, Treating illness, Setting up a mill, Digging a well, Digging a pond, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock, Building an animal shelter | Wedding, Making bed curtains, Moving into a new home, Funeral procession, Burial |
| Jan 29 | 12/29 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Ritual bathing, Asking a bride’s name, Trading, Receiving money, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Burial, Repairing a grave, Erecting a headstone, Thanking the earth, Building an animal shelter, Training oxen and horses | Moving into a new home, Buying property, Wedding, Breaking ground, Planting, Opening for business, Consecrating an image, Digging a grave site |
| Jan 30 | 12/30 | Rites and offerings, Training oxen and horses, Building an animal shelter, Meeting family and friends, Clearing and cleaning, Nothing else | Wedding, Moving into a new home, Setting out on a journey, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Burial, Funeral procession |
| Jan 31 | 1/1 | Wedding, Consecrating an image, Clearing and cleaning, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Repairs and building, Adding to the household, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Planting, Encoffining, Repairing a grave, Breaking ground, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | Building a stove, Burial, Rites and offerings, Opening for business, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Taking in livestock, Thanking the earth, Setting out on a journey, Visiting the sick |
The almanac is a traditional way of choosing dates, kept here as culture. It isn’t a scientific finding, and shouldn’t decide medical, legal or financial matters.