The Chinese and Filipinos alike believe in special dates that will bring luck to the marriage. A lucky wedding date will bring happiness, love, harmony and wealth to the married couple whereas an unlucky or inauspicious wedding date will lead to an unhappy married life.
How to Choose a Lucky Wedding Date
1 Usually a one-year engagement is enough to plan a whole wedding. So one of the first considerations is the time frame you’d have for wedding preparations. If you choose a lucky wedding date, make sure that you’d still have enough time to plan out your dream wedding. After you’ve decided on a month for the wedding, you can proceed to the next step.
2 Before you can know if a wedding date is lucky for you and your fiance, you’d have to know your Chinese zodiac sign. There are wedding dates that are lucky to some signs but unlucky to yours. Go ahead and research your Chinese zodiac before you proceed to the next step.
3 If you want to be serious about learning how to choose a lucky wedding date, you should buy a 2013 Chinese calendar. There are Chinese words in the calendar related to wedding events that you can try to decipher.
嫁娶 – Wedding day
结婚纳彩/采 – Betrothal
安床 – Install bridal bed
Auspicious rating:
宜(yi) – good for
忌(ji) – bad for / to avoid
吉(ji) – auspicious timing
中(zhong)- neutral timing
凶(xiong)- fierce/ bad timing
If you’re not up for this kind of hardwork, below is a list of generally good wedding dates for 2013 Year of the Snake. Beside the date is the animal sign that goes against that date so be sure you know your sign first.
January, 2013
01/03 (Lunar 11/22) Thur. – against Pig
01/06 (Lunar 11/25) Sun. – against Tiger
01/08 (Lunar 11/27) Tue. – against Dragon
01/09 (Lunar 11/28) Wed. – against Snake
01/13 (Lunar 12/02) Sun. – against Rooster
01/15 (Lunar 12/04) Tue – against Pig
01/16 (Lunar 12/05) Wed – against Rat
01/18 (Lunar 12/07) Fri. – against Tiger
01/25 (Lunar 12/14) Fri. – against Rooster
01/27 (Lunar 12/16) Sun. – against Pig
01/28 (Lunar 12/17) Mon – against Rat
01/30 (Lunar 12/19) Wed – against Tiger
February, 2013
02/06 (Lunar 12/26) Wed. – against Rooster
02/07 (Lunar 12/27) Thur. – against Dog
02/10 (Lunar 01/01) Sun. – against Ox
02/15 (Lunar 01/06) Fri. – against Horse
02/19 (Lunar 01/10) Tue. – against Dog
02/22 (Lunar 01/13) Fri. – against Ox
02/27 (Lunar 02/18) Wed. – against Horse
March, 2013
03/02 (Lunar 01/21) Sat. – against Rooster
03/05 (Lunar 01/24) Tue. – against Rat
03/06 (Lunar 01/25) Wed. – against Ox
03/09 (Lunar 01/28) Sat. – against Dragon
03/11 (Lunar 01/30) Mon. – against Horse
03/14 (Lunar 02/03) Thur. – against Rooster
03/17 (Lunar 02/06) Sun. – against Rat
03/19 (Lunar 02/08) Tue. – against Tiger
03/21 (Lunar 02/10) Thur. – against Dragon
03/23 (Lunar 02/12) Sat. – against Horse
03/24 (Lunar 02/13) Sun. – against Sheep
03/26 (Lunar 02/15) Tue. – against Rooster
03/29 (Lunar 02/18) Fri. – against Rat
03/30 (Lunar 02/19) Sat. – against Ox
03/31 (Lunar 02/20) Sun. – against Tiger
April, 2013
04/06 (Lunar 02/26) Sat. – against Monkey
04/07 (Lunar 02/27) Sun. – against Rooster
04/10 (Lunar 03/01) Wed. – against Rat
04/18 (Lunar 03/09) Thur. – against Monkey
04/22 (Lunar 03/13) Mon. – against Rat
04/30 (Lunar 03/21) Tue. – against Monkey
May, 2013
05/03 (Lunar 03/24) Fri. – against Pig
05/04 (Lunar 03/25) Sat. – against Rat
05/13 (Lunar 04/04) Mon. – against Rooster
05/14 (Lunar 04/05) Tue. – against Dog
05/22 (Lunar 04/13) Wed. – against Horse
05/26 (Lunar 04/17) Sun. – against Dog
05/28 (Lunar 04/19) Tue. – against Rat
05/30 (Lunar 04/21) Thur. – against Tiger
June, 2013
06/01 (Lunar 04/23) Sat. – against Dragon
06/03 (Lunar 04/25) Mon. – against Horse
06/07 (Lunar 04/29) Fri. – against Dog
06/08 (Lunar 04/30) Sat. – against Pig
06/10 (Lunar 05/02) Mon. – against Ox
06/22 (Lunar 05/14) Sat. – against Ox
06/23 (Lunar 05/15) Sun. – against Tiger
06/24 (Lunar 05/16) Mon. – against Rabbit
06/25 (Lunar 05/17) Tue. – against Dragon
July, 2013
07/01 (Lunar 05/23) Mon. – against Dod
07/02 (Lunar 05/24) Tue. – against Pig
07/04 (Lunar 05/26) Thur. – against Ox
07/07 (Lunar 05/29) Sun. – against Dragon
07/11 (Lunar 06/04) Thur. – against Monkey
07/18 (Lunar 06/11) Thur. – against Rabbit
07/23 (Lunar 06/16) Tue. – against Monkey
07/24 (Lunar 06/17) Wed. – against Rooster
07/26 (Lunar 06/19) Fri. – against Pig
07/28 (Lunar 06/21) Sun. – against Ox
07/30 (Lunar 06/23) Tue. – against Rabbit
07/31 (Lunar 06/24) Wed. – against Dragon
August, 2013
08/04 (Lunar 06/28) Sun. – against Monkey
08/05 (Lunar 06/29) Mon. – against Rooster
08/06 (Lunar 06/30) Tue. – against Dog
08/07 (Lunar 07/01) Wed. – against Pig
08/08 (Lunar 07/02) Thur. – against Rat
08/09 (Lunar 07/03) Fri. – against Ox
08/18 (Lunar 07/12) Sun. – against Dog
08/20 (Lunar 07/14) Tue. – against Rat
08/26 (Lunar 07/20) Mon. – against Horse
08/29 (Lunar 07/23) Thur. – against Rooster
08/31 (Lunar 07/25) Sat. – against Pig
September, 2013
09/01 (Lunar 07/26) Sun. – against Rat
09/03 (Lunar 07/28) Tue. – against Tiger
09/05 (Lunar 08/01) Thur. – against Dragon
09/07 (Lunar 08/03) Sat. – against Horse
09/13 (Lunar 08/09) Fri. – against Rat
09/15 (Lunar 08/11) Sun. – against Tiger
09/17 (Lunar 08/13) Tue. – against Dragon
09/23 (Lunar 08/19) Mon. – against Dog
09/25 (Lunar 08/21) Wed. – against Rat
09/27 (Lunar 08/23) Fri. – against Tiger
09/29 (Lunar 08/25) Sun. – against Dragon
October, 2013
10/05 (Lunar 09/01) Sat. – against Dog
10/06 (Lunar 09/02) Sun. – against Pig
10/11 (Lunar 09/07) Fri. – against Dragon
10/18 (Lunar 09/14) Fri. – against Pig
10/19 (Lunar 09/15) Sat. – against Rat
10/20 (Lunar 09/16) Sun. – against Ox
10/21 (Lunar 09/17) Mon. – against Tiger
10/22 (Lunar 09/18) Tue. – against Ribbit
10/28 (Lunar 09/24) Mon. – against Rooster
10/31 (Lunar 09/27) Thur. – against Rat
November, 2013
11/02 (Lunar 09/29) Sat. – against Tiger
11/03 (Lunar 10/01) Sun. – against Rabbit
11/12 (Lunar 10/10) Tue. – against Rat
11/18 (Lunar 10/16) Mon. – against Horse
11/20 (Lunar 10/18) Wed. – against Monkey
11/21 (Lunar 10/19) Thur. – against Rooster
11/24 (Lunar 10/22) Sun. – against Rat
11/27 (Lunar 10/25) Wed. – against Rabbit
11/28 (Lunar 10/26) Thur. – against Dragon
11/30 (Lunar 10/28) Sat. – against Horse
December, 2013
12/03 (Lunar 11/01) Tue. – against Rooster
12/04 (Lunar 11/02) Wed. – against Dog
12/13 (Lunar 11/11) Fri. – against Sheep
12/25 (Lunar 11/23) Wed. – against Sheep
12/29 (Lunar 11/27) Sun. – against Pig
That’s it and we hope you have the most beautiful wedding day and the happiest marriage!
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Kasal.com would like to thank the following sources:
http://www.chinese-wedding-guide.com/chinese-calendar.html
http://www.fengshui-import.com/blog/lucky-wedding-date-for-2013/
