Chinese almanac: March 2050
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 2/9 | 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 |
| Mar 2 | 2/10 | Rites and offerings, Levelling roads, Nothing else | Wedding, Praying for blessings, Digging a well, Burial |
| Mar 3 | 2/11 | Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Temple rites, Betrothal gifts, Wedding, Felling trees, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Building a temple, Installing machinery, Opening for business, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Burial, Digging a grave site, Thanking the earth | Buying property, Roofing, Closing a roof ridge, Consecrating an image, Visiting the sick, Installing a door, Building a stove |
| Mar 4 | 2/12 | Starting school, Learning a craft, Setting out on a journey, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Wedding, Meeting family and friends, Adding to the household, Raising livestock, Catching pests, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Burial, Opening a tomb | Consecrating an image, Opening for business, Moving into a new home, Breaking ground, Roofing |
| Mar 5 | 2/13 | 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 6 | 2/14 | Rites and offerings, Treating illness, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Mar 7 | 2/15 | 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 8 | 2/16 | 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 9 | 2/17 | 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 10 | 2/18 | 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 11 | 2/19 | 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 12 | 2/20 | 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 13 | 2/21 | 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 14 | 2/22 | 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 15 | 2/23 | 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 16 | 2/24 | 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 17 | 2/25 | 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 18 | 2/26 | Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Nothing else | Consecrating an image, Wedding |
| Mar 19 | 2/27 | 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 20 | 2/28 | 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 21 | 2/29 | 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 22 | 2/30 | 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 23 | 3/1 | 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 |
| Mar 24 | 3/2 | Rites and offerings, Meeting family and friends, Setting out on a journey, Signing a deed, Trading, Coming-of-age rite, Receiving money | Wedding, Breaking ground, Digging a well, Laying foundations, Setting pillar bases, Digging a grave site |
| Mar 25 | 3/3 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Clearing and cleaning, House cleaning, Blocking holes, Raising livestock | Wedding, Burial, Funeral procession, Installing a door |
| Mar 26 | 3/4 | Receiving money, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Consecrating an image, Acupuncture, Meeting family and friends, Haircut, Placing a bed, Building a storehouse, Making nets | Moving house, Moving into a new home, Planting |
| Mar 27 | 3/5 | Wedding, Coming-of-age rite, Meeting family and friends, Installing machinery, Receiving money, Trading, Signing a deed, Buying property | Opening for business, Roofing, Treating illness, Building a stove |
| Mar 28 | 3/6 | Wedding, Making carts, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Installing machinery, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Opening for business, Signing a deed, Digging a grave site, Burial | Taking in livestock, Haircut, Making one’s own coffin |
| Mar 29 | 3/7 | Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Setting out on a journey, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Burial | Betrothal gifts, Consecrating an image, Placing a bed, Wedding, Opening for business |
| Mar 30 | 3/8 | Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Wedding, Moving house, Opening for business, Moving into a new home |
| Mar 31 | 3/9 | Wedding, Coming-of-age rite, Rites and offerings, Setting out on a journey, Meeting family and friends, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Encoffining, Digging a grave site | Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Building a bridge, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress |
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.