Chinese almanac: February 2084
| Date | Lunar date | Favours | Avoid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1 | 12/25 | 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 |
| Feb 2 | 12/26 | 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 |
| Feb 3 | 12/27 | 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 |
| Feb 4 | 12/28 | Rites and offerings, Making bed curtains, Cutting cloth, Setting up a loom, Felling trees, Making beams, Placing a bed, Building a stove, Encoffining, Burial, Opening a tomb, Moving a coffin | Lawsuits, Moving the household altar out, Moving into a new home |
| Feb 5 | 12/29 | Cutting cloth, Felling trees, Making beams, Receiving money, Trading, Signing a deed | Nothing is favoured |
| Feb 6 | 1/1 | Wedding, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Consecrating an image, Setting out on a journey, Moving the household altar out, Demolition, Breaking ground, Raising the roof beam, Adding to the household, Moving into a new home, Moving house, Placing a bed, Opening for business, Trading, Signing a deed, Hanging a sign, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Burial, Opening a tomb, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress | None |
| Feb 7 | 1/2 | Wedding, Coming-of-age rite, Betrothal gifts, Setting out on a journey, Meeting family and friends, Raising the roof beam, Installing machinery, Placing a bed, Raising livestock, Hunting, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Consecrating an image, Repairs and building, Installing a door, Roofing, Laying foundations | Moving into a new home, Building a stove, Treating illness, Burial, Moving house |
| Feb 8 | 1/3 | Repairing walls, Levelling roads, Rites and offerings, Nothing else | Nothing is favoured |
| Feb 9 | 1/4 | Making carts, Betrothal gifts, Making an agreement, Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Praying for children, Moving house, Setting out on a journey, Opening for business, Moving the household altar out, Moving into a new home, Signing a deed, Trading, Installing a door, Placing a bed, Burial, Thanking the earth | Consecrating an image, Roofing, Breaking ground, Building a stove, Planting |
| Feb 10 | 1/5 | Breaking ground, Encoffining, Wedding, Moving a coffin, Burial, Digging a grave site | Opening for business, Building a stove, Placing a bed, Moving into a new home, Raising the roof beam, Cutting cloth |
| Feb 11 | 1/6 | Seeing a doctor, Treating illness, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Opening for business, Wedding |
| Feb 12 | 1/7 | Rites and offerings, Temple rites, Ritual bathing, Preparing one’s own grave, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Moving a coffin, Encoffining, Digging a grave site, Burial, Making one’s own coffin | Opening for business, Wedding, Placing a bed, Meeting family and friends, Moving into a new home, Building a stove, Raising the roof beam |
| Feb 13 | 1/8 | Rites and offerings, Blocking holes, Making nets, Digging a grave site, Thanking the earth, Burial, Moving a coffin, Ending mourning dress, Putting on mourning dress, Nothing else | Wedding, Moving into a new home |
| Feb 14 | 1/9 | 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 15 | 1/10 | 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 16 | 1/11 | 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 17 | 1/12 | 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 18 | 1/13 | 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 19 | 1/14 | 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 20 | 1/15 | Building a stove, Clearing and cleaning, Levelling roads, Nothing else | Rites and offerings, Praying for blessings, Burial, Installing a door |
| Feb 21 | 1/16 | 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 22 | 1/17 | 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 23 | 1/18 | Rites and offerings, Ritual bathing, Clearing and cleaning, Haircut, House cleaning, Tearing down a house, Pulling down a wall, Nothing else | Wedding, Burial |
| Feb 24 | 1/19 | 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 25 | 1/20 | Blocking holes, Making nets, Fishing, Hunting | Wedding, Installing a door, Moving house, Moving into a new home, Burial |
| Feb 26 | 1/21 | 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 27 | 1/22 | 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 28 | 1/23 | 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 29 | 1/24 | 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 |
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.