Chinese almanac: February 2063
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1 | 1/4 | Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for children, Moving the household altar out, Sculpting and painting, Cutting cloth, Meeting family and friends, Starting school, Demolition, House cleaning, Building a storehouse, Hanging a sign, Digging a well, Digging a pond, Making nets, Planting, Taking in livestock, Digging a grave site, Repairing a grave, Erecting a headstone, Burial, Encoffining | Praying for blessings, Wedding, Building a temple, Placing a bed, Thanking the earth |
| Feb 2 | 1/5 | Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Opening a tomb, Burial, Repairing a grave, Erecting a headstone | Opening for business, Felling trees, Wedding, Making beams |
| Feb 3 | 1/6 | Rites and offerings, Building a stove, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Nothing else | Opening for business, Placing a bed |
| Feb 4 | 1/7 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Haircut, Building a stove, Making nets, Planting | Wedding, Lawsuits, Funeral procession, Burial, Raising livestock, Felling trees, Making beams, Opening for business, Taking in livestock, Building an animal shelter |
| Feb 5 | 1/8 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Consecrating an image, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Breaking ground, Receiving money, Digging a well, Meeting family and friends | Moving into a new home, Burial, Felling trees, Making beams, Taking in livestock, Building an animal shelter, Building a stove |
| Feb 6 | 1/9 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Taking in livestock, Encoffining, Opening a tomb, Thanking the earth, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | Planting, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Acupuncture, Wedding, Moving into a new home, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site |
| Feb 7 | 1/10 | Consecrating an image, Clearing and cleaning, Felling trees, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Trading, Signing a deed, Taking in livestock, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Burial | Moving into a new home, Setting out on a journey, Moving house, Rites and offerings, Wedding, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Building a stove |
| Feb 8 | 1/11 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Wedding, Setting out on a journey, Clearing and cleaning, Felling trees, Demolition, Adding to the household, Placing a bed, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Raising the roof beam, Planting, Taking in livestock, Digging a grave site, Thanking the earth, Opening a tomb, Burial | Moving house, Moving into a new home, Moving the household altar out, Building a stove, Digging a well |
| Feb 9 | 1/12 | Meeting family and friends, Coming-of-age rite, Placing a bed, Installing machinery, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Setting up a loom | Wedding, Opening for business, Breaking ground, Building a stove, Burial |
| Feb 10 | 1/13 | Building a stove, Clearing and cleaning, Levelling roads, Nothing else | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Burial, Installing a door |
| Feb 11 | 1/14 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Coming-of-age rite, Repairing walls, Buying property | Setting up a loom, Visiting the sick, Roofing, Building a stove, Breaking ground |
| Feb 12 | 1/15 | Betrothal gifts, Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Setting out on a journey, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Burial, Digging a grave site | Opening for business, Temple rites |
| Feb 13 | 1/16 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Clearing and cleaning, Haircut, House cleaning, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Wedding, Burial |
| Feb 14 | 1/17 | 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 |
| Feb 15 | 1/18 | Blocking holes, Making nets, Fishing, Hunting | Wedding, Installing a door, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Burial |
| Feb 16 | 1/19 | 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 |
| Feb 17 | 1/20 | Betrothal gifts, Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Meeting family and friends, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site, Opening a tomb | Moving house, Moving into a new home, Moving the household altar out, Installing a door, Burial |
| Feb 18 | 1/21 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Temple rites, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Burial, Opening a tomb | Wedding, Breaking ground, Consecrating an image, Roofing, Digging a grave site |
| Feb 19 | 1/22 | Betrothal gifts, Meeting family and friends, Raising pillars, Raising the roof beam, Signing a deed, Encoffining, Moving a coffin, Burial, Opening a tomb | Rites and offerings, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Breaking ground, Digging a grave site |
| Feb 20 | 1/23 | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Temple rites, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Signing a deed, Breaking ground, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Digging a grave site, Burial | Consecrating an image, Wedding, Building a stove, Digging a well, Taking in livestock |
| Feb 21 | 1/24 | 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 |
| Feb 22 | 1/25 | Rites and offerings, Levelling roads, Nothing else | Wedding, Praying for blessings, Digging a well, Burial |
| Feb 23 | 1/26 | 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 |
| Feb 24 | 1/27 | 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 |
| Feb 25 | 1/28 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, House cleaning, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Clearing and cleaning, Nothing else | Moving into a new home, Opening for business, Burial |
| Feb 26 | 1/29 | Rites and offerings, Coming-of-age rite, Wedding, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Raising the roof beam, Roofing, Moving into a new home, Opening for business, Digging a pond, Blocking holes, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Burial, Digging a grave site | Placing a bed, Planting, Treating illness, Building a stove |
| Feb 27 | 1/30 | Rites and offerings, Making nets, Encoffining, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Burial, Digging a grave site | Nothing else |
| Feb 28 | 2/1 | Sculpting and painting, Consecrating an image, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Making an agreement, Betrothal gifts, Cutting cloth, Coming-of-age rite, Demolition, Repairs and building, Breaking ground, Laying foundations, Installing a door, Placing a bed, Moving house, Building a storehouse, Making nets, Taking in livestock | Felling trees, Building a stove, Burial, Fishing, 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.