Find a good date

Each day in the Chinese almanac lists the activities it suits and the ones to avoid. We only keep days that list your event as suitable and do not list it as one to avoid.

Then we rank them by the day's officer (Success, Open and Stable days score best; Break, Danger and Close days score lowest) and by whether it is a yellow-path (lucky) or black-path day.

If you give your date of birth, any day whose animal clashes with your birth-year animal is left out, and days whose animal sits well with yours move up.

Families often also check with a local master for a wedding or a big move. Treat this as a well-researched shortlist.