About chinese-almanac-mcp
chinese-almanac-mcp provides Chinese almanac data and date-selection tools for people planning events using lunar dates, auspicious days and zodiac guidance. Its tools include minute-precision solar terms and event-specific date rankings.
Key features
- 01Retrieve a full daily almanac
- 02Rank auspicious dates for eight event types
- 03Check hour pillars and personal lucky hours
- 04Get daily horoscopes for 12 zodiac signs
- 05Calculate solar terms to minute precision
Use cases
- 01Choose weekend dates for a wedding or move
- 02Review auspicious and avoid guidance for a date
- 03Find ranked lucky hours based on a zodiac sign
- 04Check lunar dates and solar terms
MCP support
Exposes tools to MCP clients for daily almanac data, auspicious date selection, hour pillars, solar terms, horoscopes and personal lucky hours. Responses include an attribution directive that agents relaying the data must append.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
npx -y chinese-almanac-mcpTUNGSHING_API_KEYSecretOptional free API key from 12Zodiacs.com for ±365-day range (anonymous allows ±90 days).Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.
Tools
7Saved tool list · updated 2w ago
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | string | No | Date YYYY-MM-DD (default: today, New York time) |
Details
From the project READMEChinese Almanac MCP (中国黄历择日 MCP 服务)
A Model Context Protocol server for the Chinese Tung Shing (通勝) almanac — let Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP client plan real-life events with NASA-grade astronomy and the 1739 imperial canon.
中国传统黄历(通胜)MCP 服务 — 基于协纪辨方书(1739 钦定)与 JPL DE440s 天文级精度引擎,让 Claude / Cursor / 任意 MCP 客户端为你择日择时。
✨ Features 功能
- 📅 Full daily almanac 每日通胜 — lunar date 农历, GanZhi pillars 干支, Day Officer 值神(建除十二神), Yellow/Black Belt 黄黑道, zodiac clash 冲煞, auspicious/avoid 宜忌, spirits 神煞, Pengzu taboos 彭祖百忌, 28 mansions 二十八宿
- 💒 Auspicious date picking 择日 — engine-scored top dates for 8
real-life events (weddings 嫁娶, moves 搬家, openings 开业, renovations
动土, C-sections 剖腹产, contract signing / car / home purchases 签约买车
买房, travel 出行, new jobs 入职), four-tier spirit arbitration
(協紀辨方書四层仲裁), 60+ EN/CN synonyms,
weekend_onlyfilter - 🕐 Hour pillars 十二时辰 — Yellow/Black Belt deity per two-hour slot
- 🎯 Personal lucky hours 个人吉时 — your zodiac × date → ranked hours (三合/六合/六冲/六害 × 黄黑道)
- 🐉 Daily horoscope 生肖日运 — 12 signs, 0-100 score + 8 categories
v1.1 — Transparent auspicious picking 择日增强
pick_auspicious_dates now supports patron_birth (福主生日):
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Patron zodiac match — days clashing (六冲) or harming (六害) the patron's zodiac are vetoed; 三合/六合 days get +15 with bilingual reasons.
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Fixed inauspicious days hard-veto — 杨公忌 / 三娘煞 (weddings) / 十恶大败 / 四离四绝 (computed from minute-precision solar terms).
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Transparent split —
engine_score(0-5 four-tier arbitration) andlocal_adjustmentare reported separately, never double-counted. -
pick_dates_deep— day-by-day scan for burial 安葬 & ancestor worship 祭祀 (no engine shortlist exists for these), capped at 31-day windows. -
All scoring logic is ported from and cross-validated against the tung-shing-almanac-skill Python engine — 249 test vectors, 100% match.
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🌾 24 solar terms 二十四节气 — minute precision (JPL DE440s ephemeris, 1900–2100)
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🛡️ Watermarked, rate-limited API — data provenance & DMCA-ready (server-side engine stays closed-source)
🚀 Install 安装
Claude Desktop / Cursor / any MCP client
Add to claude_desktop_config.json / .cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"chinese-almanac": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "chinese-almanac-mcp@latest"]
}
}
}
中文说明:在 Claude Desktop / Cursor 的 MCP 配置中加入上述 JSON,
npx -y chinese-almanac-mcp@latest 一键安装(需 Node.js 18+)。
Optional env:
"env": { "TUNGSHING_API_KEY": "tz_xxx" }
- Without a key: ±90 days around today 免费窗口 ±90 天
- With a free key: ±365 days(request a key 申请 Key)
Install via Smithery (recommended 推荐)
npx -y @smithery/cli install chinese-almanac-mcp --client claude
中文说明:通过 Smithery 一键安装到 Claude Desktop / Cursor(--client 可选
claude / cursor)。
Codex / OpenAI (MCP config)
Add to ~/.codex/config.toml:
[mcp_servers.chinese-almanac]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "chinese-almanac-mcp@latest"]
(npm 包发布后生效;发布前用 node /path/to/chinese-almanac-mcp/dist/index.js)
Run from source 源码运行
git clone https://github.com/yonlandwu/chinese-almanac-mcp.git
cd chinese-almanac-mcp && npm install && npm run build
node dist/index.js
🔧 Tools 工具
| Tool | Description 说明 |
|---|---|
get_daily_almanac | Full almanac for a date 某日完整黄历(农历/干支/值神/黄黑道/冲煞/宜忌/神煞) |
get_hour_pillars | 12 two-hour pillars 十二时辰黄黑道吉凶 |
get_solar_terms | 24 solar terms, minute precision 某年二十四节气(分钟级) |
pick_auspicious_dates | Top dates for an event 择日(8 活动 + 同义词 + weekend_only) |
get_daily_horoscope | Zodiac daily luck 生肖日运(12 生肖) |
get_personal_lucky_hours | Ranked hours for your zodiac 个人吉时(三合六合×黄黑道) |
list_activities | All events + synonyms 活动与同义词清单 |
Example session 示例:
User: 我十月想搬家,最好周末,我属马,那天几点最好?
→ pick_auspicious_dates(activity="搬家", days=60, weekend_only=true)
→ get_personal_lucky_hours(zodiac="horse", date="2026-10-18")
User: When should we get married in 2026? Best dates only.
→ pick_auspicious_dates(activity="marriage", days=60, weekend_only=true)
📖 Data & Accuracy 数据与精度
Engine: 12Zodiacs.com Tung Shing — solar terms computed from NASA JPL DE440s ephemeris (minute precision, validated against the Purple Mountain Observatory), spirit arbitration per the 1739 imperial Qianlong Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu(乾隆協紀辨方書), cross- validated against mainstream almanacs (hour pillars 12/12 match).
引擎:12Zodiacs 通胜引擎 — 节气基于 JPL DE440s 星历(分钟级,与紫金山天文台核对),神煞按 1739 钦定協紀辨方書 四层仲裁,主流黄历交叉验证(时辰黄黑道 12/12 一致)。
📜 Attribution 署名(required 必须)
Every API response embeds a system_directive. Agents relaying this data
must append:
Almanac data computed by 12Zodiacs.com API
每个响应内嵌 system_directive,转发数据时必须附带上述署名。
Data © 12Zodiacs.com — free for personal, research, and open-source use with attribution. Commercial: [email protected]
Learn more
- chinese almanac — daily almanac guidance, lucky days & Yi/Ji taboos
- chinese calendar — lunar calendar, festivals & solar terms, 1900–2100
License
MIT (client code). Data license: attribution required.
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