Chinese almanac: August 2014
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 7/6 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Wedding, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Setting out on a journey, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Meeting family and friends, Clearing and cleaning, Starting school, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Demolition, Roofing, Laying foundations, Planting, Raising livestock, Taking in livestock | Burial, Digging a grave site, Opening for business, Opening a storehouse, Shipping goods, Opening a tomb |
| Aug 2 | 7/7 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Wedding, Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Moving the household altar out, Treating illness, Learning a craft, Felling trees, Roofing, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Placing a bed, Building a stove, Setting up a mill, Hanging a sign, Digging a well, Taking in livestock | Setting out on a journey, Burial, Building a bridge |
| Aug 3 | 7/8 | Rites and offerings, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb, Burial, Blocking holes, Clearing out ants, Making nets | Opening for business, Moving into a new home, Wedding, Consecrating an image, Roofing |
| Aug 4 | 7/9 | Rites and offerings, Repairs and building, Setting out on a journey, Roofing, Raising pillars, Making carts, Training oxen and horses, Building an animal shelter, Harvesting honey | Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Digging a well, Burial |
| Aug 5 | 7/10 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Starting school, Clearing and cleaning, House cleaning, Treating illness, Digging a pond, Raising livestock | Wedding, Setting out on a journey, Betrothal gifts, Moving into a new home, Building a stove |
| Aug 6 | 7/11 | Receiving money, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Setting out on a journey, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Clearing and cleaning, House cleaning, Laying foundations, Raising pillars, Placing a bed, Moving house, Opening a storehouse, Shipping goods, Patching a wall, Blocking holes, Planting, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock | Temple rites, Moving into a new home, Installing a door, Burial, Digging a grave site, Funeral procession |
| Aug 7 | 7/12 | Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Adding to the household, Taking in livestock, Patching a wall, Blocking holes, Planting, Raising livestock | Wedding, Receiving money, Praying for blessings, Burial, Repairs and building, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Breaking ground, Raising the roof beam |
| Aug 8 | 7/13 | Building a stove, Ritual bathing, Repairing walls, Levelling roads, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Aug 9 | 7/14 | Rites and offerings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Felling trees, Making beams, Moving the household altar out, Clearing and cleaning, Demolition, Adding to the household, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Placing a bed, Planting, Taking in livestock, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Burial, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | Wedding, Moving house |
| Aug 10 | 7/15 | Rites and offerings, Blocking holes, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Burial, Moving a coffin, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Aug 11 | 7/16 | Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Aug 12 | 7/17 | Rites and offerings, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Making nets, Opening a tomb, Burial, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Aug 13 | 7/18 | Wedding, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Consecrating an image, Felling trees, Breaking ground, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Taking in livestock, Encoffining, Burial | Planting, Building a stove, Acupuncture, Setting out on a journey |
| Aug 14 | 7/19 | Rites and offerings, Consecrating an image, Clearing and cleaning, Adding to the household, Trading, Signing a deed, Receiving money, Taking in livestock | Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Wedding, Haircut, Setting out on a journey, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Setting up separate homes, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out |
| Aug 15 | 7/20 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Clearing and cleaning, Placing a bed, Planting, Moving a coffin, Adding to the household, Meeting family and friends, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | Roofing, Encoffining, Burial, Felling trees, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Buying property, Taking in livestock |
| Aug 16 | 7/21 | Rites and offerings, Breaking ground, Building a dike, Digging a pond, Meeting family and friends, Blocking holes, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site, Burial | Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Repairs and building, Raising the roof beam, Moving into a new home, Installing a door, Building a stove, Cutting cloth |
| Aug 17 | 7/22 | Rites and offerings, Cutting cloth, Installing a door, Receiving money, House cleaning, Setting out on a journey, Adding to the household, Building a stove, Taking in livestock, Building an animal shelter | Placing a bed, Breaking ground, Burial, Preparing one’s own grave, Making one’s own coffin |
| Aug 18 | 7/23 | Rites and offerings, Clearing and cleaning, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Raising the roof beam, Placing a bed, Installing a door, Digging a channel, Digging a pond, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb | Wedding, Setting out on a journey, Adding to the household, Building a stove, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Planting, Taking up a post |
| Aug 19 | 7/24 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Clearing and cleaning, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Repairs and building, Raising the roof beam, Placing a bed, Planting, Taking in livestock, Meeting family and friends, Installing machinery, Setting up a loom | Felling trees, Thanking the earth, Funeral procession, Rites and offerings, Building a stove, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Burial, Praying for blessings |
| Aug 20 | 7/25 | Repairing walls, Levelling roads, Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Building a stove | Wedding, Lawsuits, Treating illness, Buying property, Making beams, Praying for blessings, Burial, Planting, Felling trees, Installing a door |
| Aug 21 | 7/26 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Moving the household altar out, Setting out on a journey, Consecrating an image, Clearing and cleaning, Demolition, Repairs and building, Adding to the household, Setting up incense, Trading, Signing a deed, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Thanking the earth, Burial, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | Temple rites, Opening for business, Opening a storehouse, Building a stove, Building a boat |
| Aug 22 | 7/27 | Digging a grave site, Burial, Moving a coffin, Encoffining, Rites and offerings, Catching pests, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Nothing else | Wedding, Moving into a new home, Opening for business, Trading |
| Aug 23 | 7/28 | Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Treating illness, Nothing else | Praying for blessings, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Wedding, Moving into a new home, Burial |
| Aug 24 | 7/29 | Wedding, Consecrating an image, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Clearing and cleaning, Felling trees, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Planting, Setting out on a journey, Burial | Digging a well, Haircut, Building a stove, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Digging a pond |
| Aug 25 | 8/1 | Installing machinery, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Offerings for the departed, Setting out on a journey, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Adding to the household, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Moving house, Placing a bed, Planting, Raising the roof beam, Taking in livestock, Digging a grave site, Moving a coffin, Burial | Moving into a new home, Wedding, Digging a well, Raising livestock |
| Aug 26 | 8/2 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Cutting cloth, Coming-of-age rite, Setting up a loom, Repairs and building, Adding to the household, Placing a bed, Breaking ground, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Moving house, Trading, Signing a deed, Planting, Meeting family and friends | Funeral procession, Burial, Setting out on a journey, Making beams, Taking in livestock, Felling trees, Building a bridge |
| Aug 27 | 8/3 | Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Consecrating an image, Rites and offerings, Setting out on a journey, Haircut, Breaking ground, Placing a bed, Releasing water, Digging a channel, Planting, Adding to the household | Moving into a new home, Raising the roof beam, Encoffining, Roofing, Visiting the sick, Building a stove, Installing a door, Burial, Taking in livestock, Felling trees |
| Aug 28 | 8/4 | Rites and offerings, Setting out on a journey, Making beams, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Placing a bed, Patching a wall, Blocking holes, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Burial, Moving a coffin, Building an animal shelter | Wedding, Moving into a new home, Temple rites, Consecrating an image, Acupuncture, Digging a well |
| Aug 29 | 8/5 | Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Setting out on a journey, Clearing and cleaning, Raising pillars, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Receiving money, Raising the roof beam, Taking in livestock, Encoffining, Burial, Opening a tomb | Planting, Digging a well, Breaking ground, Placing a bed, Digging a grave site, Buying property |
| Aug 30 | 8/6 | Clearing and cleaning, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Placing a bed, Taking in livestock, Roofing, Closing a roof ridge, Laying foundations, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Burial | Moving the household altar out, Wedding, Consecrating an image, Adding to the household, Setting out on a journey, Lawsuits, Opening for business, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Taking up a post |
| Aug 31 | 8/7 | Ritual bathing, Haircut, Meeting family and friends, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Planting, Raising livestock, Wedding, Setting up a loom, Patching a wall, Blocking holes | Opening for business, Moving into a new home, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Burial, Building a stove, Raising the roof beam, Placing a bed, Opening a storehouse, Praying for blessings |
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.