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