Chinese almanac: August 2016
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 6/29 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Setting out on a journey, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Installing machinery, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Building a temple, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site, Burial, Thanking the earth | Wedding, Opening for business, Planting, Making one’s own coffin |
| Aug 2 | 6/30 | Rites and offerings, Adding to the household, Receiving money, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock, Catching pests, Nothing else | Opening for business, Moving into a new home, Placing a bed, Breaking ground, Burial |
| Aug 3 | 7/1 | Rites and offerings, Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Wedding, Meeting family and friends, Releasing water, Digging a well, Raising livestock, Taking in livestock, Digging a channel, Setting up a mill | Roofing, Moving into a new home, Building a stove, Starting school, Burial, Funeral procession |
| Aug 4 | 7/2 | Rites and offerings, Blocking holes, Making nets, Hunting, Nothing else | Moving house, Opening for business, Moving into a new home, Wedding, Consecrating an image, Installing a door |
| Aug 5 | 7/3 | Opening for business, Receiving money, Rites and offerings, Sculpting and painting, Installing machinery, Coming-of-age rite, Meeting family and friends, Cutting cloth, Opening a storehouse, Setting up a loom, Taking in livestock, Building an animal shelter, Training oxen and horses, Raising livestock | Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Burial, Treating illness |
| Aug 6 | 7/4 | Moving house, Moving into a new home, Treating illness, Meeting family and friends, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Setting up incense, Wedding, Roofing, Laying foundations | Opening for business, Placing a bed, Setting out on a journey, Setting up a loom |
| Aug 7 | 7/5 | 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 8 | 7/6 | 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 9 | 7/7 | 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 10 | 7/8 | 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 11 | 7/9 | 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 12 | 7/10 | 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 13 | 7/11 | 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 14 | 7/12 | 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 15 | 7/13 | 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 16 | 7/14 | 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 17 | 7/15 | 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 18 | 7/16 | 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 19 | 7/17 | 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 20 | 7/18 | 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 |
| Aug 21 | 7/19 | Rites and offerings, Haircut, Building a stove, Ritual bathing, Repairing walls, Levelling roads | Wedding, Planting, Praying for blessings, Building a bridge, Burial, Installing a door, Felling trees, Making beams |
| Aug 22 | 7/20 | Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Offerings for the departed, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Setting out on a journey, Installing machinery, Consecrating an image, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Roofing, Laying foundations, Setting pillar bases, Installing a door, Burial, Digging a grave site | Opening for business, Signing a deed, Buying property, Building a stove, Building a bridge |
| Aug 23 | 7/21 | Rites and offerings, Offerings for the departed, Catching pests, Clearing and cleaning, Making nets, Hunting, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Burial | Opening for business, Trading, Moving into a new home, Wedding |
| Aug 24 | 7/22 | Ritual bathing, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Temple rites, Opening for business |
| Aug 25 | 7/23 | Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Opening for business, Signing a deed, Moving into a new home, Hanging a sign, Building a bridge, Opening a tomb, Burial | Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Wedding, Digging a well, Placing a bed |
| Aug 26 | 7/24 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Offerings for the departed, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Breaking ground, Treating illness, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Consecrating an image, Repairs and building, Making carts, Setting up incense, Placing a bed, Catching pests, Hunting, Making nets | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Setting up a loom, Funeral procession, Burial, Visiting the sick |
| Aug 27 | 7/25 | Wedding, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Building a stove, Coming-of-age rite, Cutting cloth, Meeting family and friends, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock, Installing machinery, Opening for business, Signing a deed, Receiving money, Placing a bed | Digging a well, Setting out on a journey, Digging a grave site, Funeral procession, Burial |
| Aug 28 | 7/26 | Wedding, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Rites and offerings, Temple rites, Offerings for the departed, Clearing and cleaning, Setting out on a journey, Meeting family and friends, Opening for business, Receiving money, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Consecrating an image, Opening a storehouse, Shipping goods, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock, Digging a pond, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb | Moving the household altar out, Moving into a new home, Roofing, Installing a door, Burial |
| Aug 29 | 7/27 | Wedding, Offerings for the departed, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Patching a wall, Blocking holes, Clearing out ants, Building a dike, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Burial | Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Digging a well, Consecrating an image, Raising the roof beam, Lawsuits |
| Aug 30 | 7/28 | Wedding, Coming-of-age rite, Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Offerings for the departed, Setting out on a journey, Receiving money, House cleaning, Taking in livestock, Taking up a post | Opening for business, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Placing a bed, Opening a storehouse, Raising the roof beam |
| Aug 31 | 7/29 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Haircut, Trimming nails, Coming-of-age rite, Clearing and cleaning, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb, Burial | Wedding, Setting out on a journey, Moving into a new home, Opening for business, Installing a door |
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.