Chinese almanac: February 2016
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1 | 12/23 | Rites and offerings, Clearing and cleaning, Training oxen and horses, Meeting family and friends, Nothing else | Digging a grave site, Breaking ground, Burial |
| Feb 2 | 12/24 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Moving house, Receiving money, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Moving into a new home, Meeting family and friends, Clearing and cleaning, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Starting school, Placing a bed, Installing a door, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, House cleaning, Hanging a sign, Preparing one’s own grave, Making one’s own coffin, Digging a grave site, Repairing a grave, Opening a tomb, Encoffining | Visiting the sick, Rites and offerings, Setting out on a journey, Raising the roof beam, Roofing, Thanking the earth, Burial |
| Feb 3 | 12/25 | Wedding, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Meeting family and friends, Clearing and cleaning, Setting out on a journey, Starting school, Receiving money, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Learning a craft, Setting up a loom, Placing a bed, Opening a storehouse, Shipping goods, Taking in livestock, Burial, Opening a tomb, Repairing a grave, Encoffining | Moving into a new home, Consecrating an image, Breaking ground |
| Feb 4 | 12/26 | Wedding, Coming-of-age rite, Betrothal gifts, Setting out on a journey, Meeting family and friends, Raising the roof beam, Installing machinery, Placing a bed, Raising livestock, Hunting, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Consecrating an image, Repairs and building, Installing a door, Roofing, Laying foundations | Moving into a new home, Building a stove, Treating illness, Burial, Moving house |
| Feb 5 | 12/27 | Repairing walls, Levelling roads, Rites and offerings, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Feb 6 | 12/28 | Making carts, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Moving house, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Moving the household altar out, Moving into a new home, Signing a deed, Trading, Installing a door, Placing a bed, Burial, Thanking the earth | Consecrating an image, Roofing, Breaking ground, Building a stove, Planting |
| Feb 7 | 12/29 | Breaking ground, Encoffining, Wedding, Moving a coffin, Burial, Digging a grave site | Opening for business, Building a stove, Placing a bed, Moving into a new home, Raising the roof beam, Cutting cloth |
| Feb 8 | 1/1 | Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Opening for business, Wedding |
| Feb 9 | 1/2 | Rites and offerings, Temple rites, Ritual bathing, Preparing one’s own grave, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Burial, Making one’s own coffin | Opening for business, Wedding, Placing a bed, Meeting family and friends, Moving into a new home, Building a stove, Raising the roof beam |
| Feb 10 | 1/3 | Rites and offerings, Blocking holes, Making nets, Digging a grave site, Thanking the earth, Burial, Moving a coffin, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Nothing else | Wedding, Moving into a new home |
| Feb 11 | 1/4 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Haircut, Building a stove, Making nets, Planting | Wedding, Lawsuits, Funeral procession, Burial, Raising livestock, Felling trees, Making beams, Opening for business, Taking in livestock, Building an animal shelter |
| Feb 12 | 1/5 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Consecrating an image, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Breaking ground, Receiving money, Digging a well, Meeting family and friends | Moving into a new home, Burial, Felling trees, Making beams, Taking in livestock, Building an animal shelter, Building a stove |
| Feb 13 | 1/6 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Taking in livestock, Encoffining, Opening a tomb, Thanking the earth, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | Planting, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Acupuncture, Wedding, Moving into a new home, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site |
| Feb 14 | 1/7 | Consecrating an image, Clearing and cleaning, Felling trees, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Trading, Signing a deed, Taking in livestock, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Burial | Moving into a new home, Setting out on a journey, Moving house, Rites and offerings, Wedding, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Building a stove |
| Feb 15 | 1/8 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Wedding, Setting out on a journey, Clearing and cleaning, Felling trees, Demolition, Adding to the household, Placing a bed, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Raising the roof beam, Planting, Taking in livestock, Digging a grave site, Thanking the earth, Opening a tomb, Burial | Moving house, Moving into a new home, Moving the household altar out, Building a stove, Digging a well |
| Feb 16 | 1/9 | Meeting family and friends, Coming-of-age rite, Placing a bed, Installing machinery, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Setting up a loom | Wedding, Opening for business, Breaking ground, Building a stove, Burial |
| Feb 17 | 1/10 | Building a stove, Clearing and cleaning, Levelling roads, Nothing else | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Burial, Installing a door |
| Feb 18 | 1/11 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Coming-of-age rite, Repairing walls, Buying property | Setting up a loom, Visiting the sick, Roofing, Building a stove, Breaking ground |
| Feb 19 | 1/12 | Betrothal gifts, Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Setting out on a journey, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Burial, Digging a grave site | Opening for business, Temple rites |
| Feb 20 | 1/13 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Clearing and cleaning, Haircut, House cleaning, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Wedding, Burial |
| Feb 21 | 1/14 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Repairs and building, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Breaking ground, Burial, Digging a grave site | Placing a bed, Building a stove, Building a boat, Meeting family and friends |
| Feb 22 | 1/15 | Blocking holes, Making nets, Fishing, Hunting | Wedding, Installing a door, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Burial |
| Feb 23 | 1/16 | Betrothal gifts, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Setting out on a journey, Meeting family and friends, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home | Wedding, Opening for business, Burial, Digging a grave site |
| Feb 24 | 1/17 | Betrothal gifts, Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Meeting family and friends, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb | Moving house, Moving into a new home, Moving the household altar out, Installing a door, Burial |
| Feb 25 | 1/18 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Temple rites, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Burial, Opening a tomb | Wedding, Breaking ground, Consecrating an image, Roofing, Digging a grave site |
| Feb 26 | 1/19 | Betrothal gifts, Meeting family and friends, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Signing a deed, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Burial, Opening a tomb | Rites and offerings, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site |
| Feb 27 | 1/20 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Signing a deed, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Digging a grave site, Burial | Consecrating an image, Wedding, Building a stove, Digging a well, Taking in livestock |
| Feb 28 | 1/21 | Meeting family and friends, Praying for children, Haircut, Coming-of-age rite, Making nets, Catching pests, Consecrating an image | Opening for business, Breaking ground, Burial, Digging a grave site |
| Feb 29 | 1/22 | Rites and offerings, Levelling roads, Nothing else | Wedding, Praying for blessings, Digging a well, Burial |
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.