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Pick a date together

Opening a business with partners, signing a deal, getting married, moving the family into a new home: this finds the days the Chinese almanac marks as good for it that clash with none of you, gives the lucky hours of each, and shows how your signs stand with one another.

Who it is for (up to five; one is fine)

Names are optional. Only the date of birth is needed; the sign counts from Chinese New Year.

The result’s link carries the birth dates and names you entered, so you can send it to the others; this site keeps none of them.

How it works

What each day is good for and to avoid, the animal it clashes, and which hours walk the yellow path all come from the standard Chinese almanac (Tong Shu, 通书), as on the site’s almanac pages. A day is listed when it is good for the activity, not also on its avoid list, and the animal it clashes is none of yours. The stricter rule also skips days that clash with the animal of the day each person was born on.

Picking a date this way is a widely kept custom, not a method from the classic books, so there is no score here and no promise about how things turn out.