Chinese almanac and date selection

The almanac is a filtering tool, not a fortune teller. Here is how to read it and how to pick a date that actually works for your family.

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How to read a daily almanac

Each day carries a set of activities marked suitable (宜) and unsuitable (忌) — moving house, opening a business, marriage, signing contracts, travelling, and so on. The list is generated from the traditional sexagenary calendar, not from your personal chart.

Three steps to choose a date

  1. Filter by activity. Start with the days that mark your activity as suitable, and remove the ones that mark it as unsuitable.
  2. Remove clashes. Compare the candidate days against the zodiac signs of the people involved. In a household, prioritise the person who owns the decision.
  3. Pick the hour. Different hours within the same day carry different readings. Put the key action — signing, moving, the first cut — inside a favourable hour.

Important: for a wedding, a house move, or a business opening, the almanac alone is a coarse filter. Combining it with the birth data of the people involved gives a much more stable result — that is what the date selection service does.

Common questions

Is a bad day really bad? The almanac flags tension, not disaster. Treat it as scheduling advice: if the date is easy to change, change it; if it is not, adjust the hour and the preparation instead.

Does the whole family need a good day? No. Prioritise the person the event belongs to, then avoid direct clashes for the rest.

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