Chinese almanac: March 2037
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 1/15 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Clearing and cleaning, Haircut, House cleaning, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Wedding, Burial |
| Mar 2 | 1/16 | 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 |
| Mar 3 | 1/17 | Blocking holes, Making nets, Fishing, Hunting | Wedding, Installing a door, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Burial |
| Mar 4 | 1/18 | 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 |
| Mar 5 | 1/19 | Cutting cloth, Making bed curtains, Coming-of-age rite, Wedding, Taking in a son-in-law, Placing a bed, Encoffining, Receiving money | Building a stove, Opening for business, Burial, Making beams |
| Mar 6 | 1/20 | Rites and offerings, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Praying for blessings, Sculpting and painting, Temple rites, Ritual bathing, Demolition, Laying foundations, Moving into a new home, Setting up incense, Building a temple, Moving a coffin, Thanking the earth, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Starting school, Learning a craft, Setting out on a journey, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Digging a well, Praying for children, Clearing and cleaning, Felling trees | Building a stove, Burial, Opening for business, Roofing |
| Mar 7 | 1/21 | Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Cutting cloth, Making bed curtains, Coming-of-age rite, Installing machinery, Demolition, Placing a bed, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb, Burial, Repairing a grave, Erecting a headstone, Setting up a loom, Trading, Signing a deed, Receiving money, Building a dike, Building a storehouse, Patching a wall, Blocking holes, Taking in livestock, Felling trees, Setting up scaffolding | Rites and offerings, Consecrating an image, Wedding, Moving into a new home |
| Mar 8 | 1/22 | Rites and offerings, Setting out on a journey, Wedding, Coming-of-age rite, Placing a bed, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Burial | Digging a well, Breaking ground, Building a stove, Planting |
| Mar 9 | 1/23 | Blocking holes, Nothing is favoured | Installing a door, Building a stove, Burial, Wedding |
| Mar 10 | 1/24 | Consecrating an image, Sculpting and painting, Praying for children, Betrothal gifts, Cutting cloth, Making bed curtains, Coming-of-age rite, Installing machinery, Making beams, Cutting mortises, Installing a door, Placing a bed, Building a storehouse, Rites and offerings, Meeting family and friends, Praying for blessings, Setting up a loom, Receiving money, Opening for business, Signing a deed, Trading, Starting school, Haircut, Setting up scaffolding | Setting out on a journey, Temple rites, Burial, Wedding |
| Mar 11 | 1/25 | Rites and offerings, Wedding, Taking in a son-in-law, Burial | Planting, Roofing, Building a stove, Moving into a new home |
| Mar 12 | 1/26 | Rites and offerings, Meeting family and friends, Making an agreement, Cutting cloth, Making bed curtains, Installing machinery, Demolition, Raising the roof beam, Installing a door, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Opening a tomb, Burial, Erecting a headstone, Consecrating an image, Sculpting and painting, Starting school, Setting out on a journey, Laying foundations, Setting pillar bases, Releasing water, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Raising pillars, Signing a deed, Setting up a loom | Felling trees, Making beams |
| Mar 13 | 1/27 | Rites and offerings, Consecrating an image, Sculpting and painting, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Cutting cloth, Making bed curtains, Coming-of-age rite, Wedding, Demolition, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Burial, Thanking the earth, Praying for children, Starting school, Haircut, Felling trees, Setting up scaffolding, Making beams, Moving the household altar out, Repairs and building, Laying foundations, Setting pillar bases, Releasing water, Taking up a post | Installing a door |
| Mar 14 | 1/28 | Rites and offerings, Treating illness, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Mar 15 | 1/29 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Setting out on a journey, Coming-of-age rite, Signing a deed, Trading, Adding to the household, Opening for business, Moving house, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Placing a bed, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Digging a grave site | Consecrating an image, Building a stove, Temple rites, Burial |
| Mar 16 | 1/30 | Opening for business, Signing a deed, Trading, Hanging a sign, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Consecrating an image, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Demolition, Breaking ground, Raising the roof beam, Adding to the household | Wedding, Funeral procession, Setting up scaffolding, Making beams, Haircut, Raising livestock, Burial, Taking in livestock, Felling trees |
| Mar 17 | 2/1 | Haircut, Coming-of-age rite, Wedding, Adding to the household | Buying property, Felling trees, Taking in livestock, Building an animal shelter, Burial, Digging a grave site, Making beams, Building a stove, Preparing one’s own grave |
| Mar 18 | 2/2 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Consecrating an image, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Moving the household altar out, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Demolition, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Thanking the earth | Making bed curtains, Opening for business, Burial, Encoffining |
| Mar 19 | 2/3 | Placing a bed, Felling trees, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Raising the roof beam, Signing a deed, Trading, Planting, Taking in livestock, Raising livestock, Encoffining, Burial | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Moving the household altar out, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Installing a door |
| Mar 20 | 2/4 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Temple rites, Wedding, Coming-of-age rite, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Trading, Meeting family and friends, Training oxen and horses, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Opening a tomb, Burial, Moving a coffin | Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home |
| Mar 21 | 2/5 | Blocking holes, Trimming nails, Clearing and cleaning, Catching pests, Hunting, Making nets, Nothing else, Nothing is favoured | Wedding, Building a stove, Digging a well, Burial |
| Mar 22 | 2/6 | Receiving money, Opening for business, Signing a deed, Trading, Consecrating an image, Placing a bed, Raising the roof beam, Roofing, Repairs and building, Laying foundations | Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Burial, Funeral procession, Taking up a post, Setting out on a journey, Wedding, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Thanking the earth, Lawsuits |
| Mar 23 | 2/7 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Wedding, Coming-of-age rite, Repairing walls, Buying property, Levelling roads | Opening a storehouse, Shipping goods, Roofing, Building a stove, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Planting |
| Mar 24 | 2/8 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Consecrating an image, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Setting out on a journey, Moving the household altar out, Adding to the household, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Demolition, Repairs and building, Installing a door, Hanging a sign, Receiving money, House cleaning | Breaking ground, Felling trees, Burial, Funeral procession |
| Mar 25 | 2/9 | Wedding, Consecrating an image, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Setting out on a journey, Moving the household altar out, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Clearing and cleaning, Planting, Felling trees, Digging a grave site, Thanking the earth, Burial | Opening for business, Trading, Building a stove, Receiving money, Raising the roof beam, Placing a bed, Roofing, Building a boat |
| Mar 26 | 2/10 | Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Nothing else | Consecrating an image, Wedding |
| Mar 27 | 2/11 | Betrothal gifts, Trading, Signing a deed, Placing a bed, Installing machinery, Burial, Moving a coffin, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Erecting a headstone | Wedding, Consecrating an image, Building a stove |
| Mar 28 | 2/12 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Temple rites, Ritual bathing, Consecrating an image, Haircut, Setting up a loom, Clearing and cleaning, Treating illness, Erecting a headstone, Planting, Raising livestock, Digging a well, Digging a pond | Wedding, Setting pillar bases, Making one’s own coffin, Burial, Funeral procession |
| Mar 29 | 2/13 | Receiving money, Trading, Signing a deed, Planting, Catching pests, Making nets, Fishing, Adding to the household, Training oxen and horses, Haircut | Moving into a new home, Roofing, Raising pillars, Burial |
| Mar 30 | 2/14 | Wedding, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Setting out on a journey, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Digging a grave site, Moving the household altar out, Installing a door, Placing a bed, Raising the roof beam, Erecting a headstone, Moving a coffin | Opening for business, Trading, Making bed curtains, Burial |
| Mar 31 | 2/15 | Coming-of-age rite, Signing a deed, Trading, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Installing machinery, Encoffining, Burial, Digging a grave site | Wedding, Praying for blessings, Moving the household altar out, Moving into a new home |
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.