Auspicious days to travel · next 180 days

Top 10

  1. Feb
    26
    Fri
    BestLunar 1st month, day 21 · Rat day

    It has Monthly Virtue, Monthly Grace and Four Ministers, lucky stars the old books name for travel.

  2. Apr
    17
    Sat
    BestLunar 3rd month, day 11 · Tiger day

    It has Four Ministers, King's Day and Post Horse, lucky stars the old books name for travel.

  3. Nov
    21
    Sat
    BestLunar 10th month, day 13 · Pig day

    It has Monthly Virtue Union and King's Day, lucky stars the old books name for travel.

  4. Dec
    6
    Sun
    BestLunar 10th month, day 28 · Tiger day

    It has Monthly Virtue, Four Ministers and Seasonal Virtue, lucky stars the old books name for travel.

  5. Dec
    18
    Fri
    BestLunar 11th month, day 10 · Tiger day

    It has Seasonal Virtue, Post Horse and Heavenly Horse, lucky stars the old books name for travel.

  6. Feb
    6
    Sat
    BestLunar 1st month, day 1 · Dragon day

    It has Monthly Virtue, Monthly Grace and Four Ministers, lucky stars the old books name for travel.

  7. Feb
    17
    Wed
    BestLunar 1st month, day 12 · Rabbit day

    It has Heavenly Virtue, Four Ministers and Lucky Period, lucky stars the old books name for travel.

  8. Apr
    5
    Mon
    BestLunar 2nd month, day 29 · Tiger day

    It has King's Day and Post Horse, lucky stars the old books name for travel.

  9. Apr
    18
    Sun
    BestLunar 3rd month, day 12 · Rabbit day

    It has Heavenly Virtue Union, Monthly Virtue Union and Four Ministers, lucky stars the old books name for travel.

  10. Nov
    4
    Wed
    BestLunar 9th month, day 26 · Horse day

    It has Four Ministers and Heavenly Joy, lucky stars the old books name for travel.

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Listed as good, but ruled out

  • Nov 6 It is the day before a season begins (Si Jue).
  • Nov 10, Nov 22, Dec 4, Mar 23, Apr 4 It is a Year Breaker day (clashes with the year).
  • Dec 1, Dec 29, Mar 18 It is one of Yang Gong's taboo days.

Best days to travel, month by month

Up to five of the strongest days in each month for the rest of this year and next year, in date order. Clash and other bad days are already left out.

MonthBest days
Nov 2026Nov 4 (Wed), Nov 12 (Thu), Nov 16 (Mon), Nov 21 (Sat), Nov 24 (Tue)
Dec 2026Dec 3 (Thu), Dec 6 (Sun), Dec 17 (Thu), Dec 18 (Fri), Dec 24 (Thu)
Jan 2027Jan 1 (Fri), Jan 5 (Tue), Jan 12 (Tue), Jan 15 (Fri), Jan 24 (Sun)
Feb 2027Feb 5 (Fri), Feb 6 (Sat), Feb 8 (Mon), Feb 17 (Wed), Feb 26 (Fri)
Mar 2027Mar 1 (Mon), Mar 8 (Mon), Mar 13 (Sat), Mar 25 (Thu), Mar 30 (Tue)
Apr 2027Apr 5 (Mon), Apr 7 (Wed), Apr 17 (Sat), Apr 18 (Sun), Apr 29 (Thu)
May 2027May 1 (Sat), May 3 (Mon), May 15 (Sat), May 17 (Mon), May 21 (Fri)
Jun 2027Jun 5 (Sat), Jun 10 (Thu), Jun 12 (Sat), Jun 18 (Fri), Jun 21 (Mon)
Jul 2027Jul 3 (Sat), Jul 11 (Sun), Jul 19 (Mon), Jul 24 (Sat), Jul 29 (Thu)
Aug 2027Aug 3 (Tue), Aug 9 (Mon), Aug 11 (Wed), Aug 21 (Sat), Aug 31 (Tue)
Sep 2027Sep 2 (Thu), Sep 5 (Sun), Sep 10 (Fri), Sep 26 (Sun), Sep 28 (Tue)
Oct 2027Oct 8 (Fri), Oct 10 (Sun), Oct 11 (Mon), Oct 18 (Mon), Oct 20 (Wed)
Nov 2027Nov 1 (Mon), Nov 7 (Sun), Nov 11 (Thu), Nov 16 (Tue), Nov 17 (Wed)
Dec 2027Dec 1 (Wed), Dec 2 (Thu), Dec 13 (Mon), Dec 19 (Sun), Dec 31 (Fri)

Questions

Here you can see the best days to travel in the Chinese almanac, each with the reason it was picked. Days the almanac rules out for every activity are already left off, and adding a birthday trims the list further for your family.

Which days in the next 180 are best to travel?

Going by the Chinese almanac, with the worst days removed, 49 days from Wed, Oct 28 to Sun, Apr 25 rate good or better. The nearest is Wed, Oct 28; the top pick is Fri, Feb 26.

Which days are ruled out?

Year Breaker and Month Breaker days, the day before each equinox, solstice and season start (Si Li and Si Jue), and Yang Gong’s taboo days are always removed. 9 days in this range were marked good for this but fell on one of them.

What does adding a birthday do?

It also removes days that clash with that person’s Chinese zodiac animal. You can add several family members. Birthdays stay on this device.

Which days are considered auspicious for travel in the Chinese calendar?

The almanac must list travel as a good (yi) activity for the day, and it must not also appear under avoid. Beyond that, the old books favor days with lucky stars such as Heavenly Virtue, Monthly Virtue, Post Horse, Heavenly Horse and Heavenly Joy. They also favor two day officers: Establish days and Open days. A day with two or more of these is rated Best; otherwise it is rated Good.

Does the Chinese almanac list travel as an activity?

Yes, travel is one of the activities the almanac lists as good (yi) on certain days. This site draws on the Xieji Bianfang Shu, a classical text on date selection, volume 11, for its travel picks. Tradition says to look for days where travel is listed as good and not listed under avoid.

Which days should I not travel according to the Chinese calendar?

The almanac rules out five kinds of days for every activity, travel included: Year Breaker days, Month Breaker days, Si Li days, Si Jue days and Yang Gong's taboo days. Si Li is the day before an equinox or solstice, and Si Jue is the day before a season begins. Yang Gong's days fall on fixed lunar dates. This site leaves all of them out of its list.

How many days in the almanac are good for travel?

For 2027, the almanac lists 55 days as Best and 56 as Good for travel. Another 17 look good on paper but are ruled out, for example as Year Breaker or Month Breaker days. Those 17 are not counted among the good days.

What time of day is best to set off?

The almanac points to the Yellow Path double-hours of a chosen day, which are the ones it calls auspicious. This site suggests daytime ones only, between 5 am and 7 pm, and shows up to 3. If you enter birthdays, it skips any double-hour that clashes with those people.