Chinese almanac: January 2017
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 12/4 | Making bed curtains, Cutting cloth, Training oxen and horses, Nothing else | Moving into a new home, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Wedding, Building a stove, Building a boat |
| Jan 2 | 12/5 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Setting out on a journey, Meeting family and friends, Setting up a loom, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Clearing and cleaning, Demolition, Laying foundations, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Setting pillar bases, House cleaning, Planting, Raising livestock, Building an animal shelter | Temple rites, Making beams, Digging a well, Funeral procession, Burial |
| Jan 3 | 12/6 | Receiving money, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Meeting family and friends, Adding to the household, Setting up a loom, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Demolition, House cleaning, Placing a bed, Planting, Raising livestock, Preparing one’s own grave, Making one’s own coffin, Encoffining, Burial, Opening a tomb | Wedding, Moving house, Moving into a new home |
| Jan 4 | 12/7 | Rites and offerings, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Nothing else | Moving into a new home, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Installing a door, Raising the roof beam |
| Jan 5 | 12/8 | 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 6 | 12/9 | 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 7 | 12/10 | 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 8 | 12/11 | 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 9 | 12/12 | 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 10 | 12/13 | 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 11 | 12/14 | 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 12 | 12/15 | 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 13 | 12/16 | 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 14 | 12/17 | 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 15 | 12/18 | 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 |
| Jan 16 | 12/19 | Setting out on a journey, Laying foundations, Placing a bed, Receiving money, Trading, Signing a deed, Wedding, Planting, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Burial | Hanging a sign, Moving into a new home, Raising the roof beam, Praying for blessings, Lawsuits, Making beams, Building a stove, Digging a pond, Installing a door, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Digging a well |
| Jan 17 | 12/20 | Levelling roads, Nothing else | Consecrating an image, Wedding, Opening a storehouse, Shipping goods, Building a boat, Burial, Visiting the sick |
| Jan 18 | 12/21 | Wedding, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Meeting family and friends, Rites and offerings, Installing machinery, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Roofing, Placing a bed, Laying foundations, Setting pillar bases, Setting up incense, Moving the household altar out, Hanging a sign, Demolition, Buying property | Opening for business, Setting out on a journey, Burial, Funeral procession |
| Jan 19 | 12/22 | Ritual bathing, Catching pests, Hunting, Haircut, Trimming nails, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Digging a grave site, Burial, Thanking the earth, Erecting a headstone, Repairing a grave, Opening a tomb | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Wedding, Raising the roof beam, Opening for business, Temple rites, Roofing, Installing a door |
| Jan 20 | 12/23 | Rites and offerings, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Temple rites, Wedding, Opening for business |
| Jan 21 | 12/24 | Ritual bathing, Opening a storehouse, Shipping goods, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Receiving money, Planting, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock, Hunting, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Burial | Praying for blessings, Wedding, Placing a bed, Moving into a new home, Building a boat |
| Jan 22 | 12/25 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Patching a wall, Blocking holes, Clearing out ants, Clearing and cleaning, Nothing else | Building a temple, Moving into a new home, Repairs and building, Burial, Funeral procession, Wedding |
| Jan 23 | 12/26 | Wedding, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Asking a bride’s name, Rites and offerings, Coming-of-age rite, Cutting cloth, Meeting family and friends, Adding to the household, Receiving money, Catching pests, Building a stove | Opening for business, Placing a bed, Burial, Repairing a grave |
| Jan 24 | 12/27 | Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Meeting family and friends, Rites and offerings, Temple rites, Ritual bathing, Sculpting and painting, Moving the household altar out, Consecrating an image, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Making beams, Cutting mortises, Felling trees, Setting up scaffolding, Installing a door, Placing a bed, Demolition, Raising livestock, Building an animal shelter, Digging a well | Building a temple, Wedding, Setting out on a journey, Breaking ground, Burial, Funeral procession |
| Jan 25 | 12/28 | Trading, Signing a deed, Receiving money, Placing a bed, Cutting cloth, Building an animal shelter, Burial, Thanking the earth, Opening a tomb, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Repairing a grave, Erecting a headstone, Moving a coffin, Encoffining | Consecrating an image, Wedding, Opening for business, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site |
| Jan 26 | 12/29 | Rites and offerings, Clearing and cleaning, Training oxen and horses, Meeting family and friends, Nothing else | Digging a grave site, Breaking ground, Burial |
| Jan 27 | 12/30 | 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 |
| Jan 28 | 1/1 | 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 |
| Jan 29 | 1/2 | Rites and offerings, Coming-of-age rite, Wedding, Meeting family and friends, Adding to the household, Cutting cloth, Making nets, Levelling roads | Moving house, Moving into a new home, Building a temple, Building a stove, Treating illness, Burial |
| Jan 30 | 1/3 | Rites and offerings, Setting up a mill, Making nets, Nothing else | Wedding, Burial |
| Jan 31 | 1/4 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Cutting cloth, Setting out on a journey, Haircut, Moving house, Catching pests, Hunting, Releasing water, Moving into a new home, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Opening a tomb, Burial, Moving a coffin, Encoffining | Roofing, Opening for business, 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.