Start with the question closest to your situation. Read the judgment first, then decide whether your own chart needs a closer look.
The Chinese Almanac: How Date Selection Works
The almanac — wan nian li, or tong shu — is a printed calendar that lists, for each day, activities considered suitable and unsuitable. Its useful core is astronomical: solar terms that track the sun's position and genuinely mark the seasons. Its famous part, the suitable-and-unsuitable columns, is generic by construction — the same day is printed as favourable for every person alive. Real date selection uses the almanac as a filter and then narrows it against the specific activity and the specific person, in that order, and it never outranks whether the thing itself is ready.
Do not choose the date while the price, scope, liability, exit terms, signer authority, or final document version is still unsettled. First separate the last negotiation, signature, payment, delivery, and effective date. Ask the relevant legal or financial professional to review what matters, then keep two or three workable signing windows. The almanac and Bazi can help rank those windows; they cannot repair a bad clause or an unauthorized signature.
Choosing an Opening Date: Soft Launch, First Sale, Ceremony
Do not make one day carry the business registration, soft launch, first public sale, and opening ceremony. First confirm that the venue, required registrations or permits, payment system, staff, stock, and safety checks are ready. Then shortlist three to five workable dates and use one almanac, the key operators' charts, and the premises as final filters. A date on which the business cannot serve a customer properly is not improved by a lucky label.