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Start Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Vietnamese travellers use departure dates, vehicle blessings and safety amulets to manage risk on uncertain roads, an anthropologist finds.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date and hour selection Year-end dates for the gathering, altar cleaning, debt repayment and New Year opening: lunar calendar principles and flexible use without superstition.
Updated 16 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worship The custom of offering a day early is called lễ tiên thường, with the main chính kỵ the next day. Its origin, distinctions and meaning.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites The first outing and calligraphy of the new year are Vietnamese luck-bringing customs. See how times and directions are chosen by lunar calendar and deities.
Updated 15 Jul 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites First-day Tet travel for 2027: how to choose the hour and direction, prepare offerings, and follow the route, plus why sources disagree on the calculations.
Updated 21 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Apply the Five Elements and your Gua number to pick an auspicious house number, interpreting each digit to support harmony for the homeowner.
Updated 12 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Choose car color and direction by the Five Elements and your destiny, balancing energy through mutual generation and control to support luck while driving.
Updated 25 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Discover how to apply the Five Elements theory to choose interior colors and clothing that match your destiny, balancing energy and supporting life.
Updated 26 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Discover how to apply the Five Elements theory (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth) to choose a career that aligns with your destiny.
Updated 1 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Apply the Five Elements to pick a wedding date, weighing the couple's destiny elements against the day's element for a harmonious start.
Updated 3 Aug 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Applying the Five Elements to house direction, paint colors and interior layout can support harmony and balanced energy in your living space.
Updated 7 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Bát Trạch feng shui uses your Kua number, from birth year and gender, to sort people into East or West Life Groups and find auspicious directions.
Updated 19 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customs Choosing a first-foot visitor by age compatibility: folk criteria, offerings, step-by-step practice, common taboos, and the limits to keep in mind.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos Kim Lau, Hoang Ốc and Tam Tai restrictions shape the Vietnamese custom of borrowing age to pick a year for building a house.
Updated 29 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites Where the custom of a Lunar New Year opening day comes from, and what people weigh up when picking a date and preparing offerings.
Updated 17 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos Vietnamese folk taboos for opening a business include choosing auspicious dates, avoiding the ghost month and holding opening rituals.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Lunar to solar conversion uses no fixed addition table. It relies on the new moon point, major solar terms and legal time zones, so it differs year by year.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customs Cúng tất niên is the year-end offering that thanks the ancestors and sees off the old year: the day, the trays of three regions, the prayer and its meaning.
Updated 11 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Lunar calendar 2027: year of Đinh Mùi, Tết on Saturday 6 February 2027, no leap month. Key dates, solar terms, and how to look up dates and convert Can Chi.
Updated 12 Oct 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals November 2026 (23rd of 9th lunar month to 22nd of 10th) brings the Thái Nguyên Tea Festival, Gia Lai Gong Festival, Ok Om Bok, Kathina and more.
Updated 24 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Vietnam's October 2026 festival calendar: Côn Sơn Kiếp Bạc, Lam Kinh, Katê, Sene Dolta, Hanoi Autumn Festival, Keo Pagoda, plus lunar dates.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Am Trach is grave feng shui, judged by huyen, minh duong and thuy khau, unlike Duong Trach for the living. It covers Phạm Đình Hổ's view and cai tang.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › Psychology Birth month can shape school and career outcomes through the relative age effect, the age gap within a class, not through astrology or star signs.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk traditional practices How to choose auspicious dates and times for weddings and groundbreaking in Vietnamese folk belief, with lunar calendar tips and simple rituals.
Updated 8 Jul 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendar Two calendars can give different lunar dates for the same solar day because they use different legal time zones, such as Vietnam at UTC+7 and China at UTC+8.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Calendar and astronomy
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Thái Nguyên International Tea Festival 2026 runs 30 October to 7 November at Võ Nguyên Giáp Square, themed 'Thái Nguyên, First Among Famous Teas'.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals The Hanoi Autumn Festival 2026 runs 16-18 October at Thống Nhất Park, with 9 spaces covering heritage, craft villages, cuisine and international exchange.
Updated 25 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivals Why Buddha's Birthday falls on the 8th or the 15th of the fourth lunar month, and how the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha holds Vesak Week each year.
Updated 13 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selection An afternoon opening ceremony is fine: almanacs judge the day first, and every day has at least one hoàng đạo hour between 1 PM and 7 PM.
Updated 17 Oct 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites A guide to the Vietnamese groundbreaking ceremony: choosing an auspicious date, preparing offerings, and the ritual steps.
Updated 13 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Feng shui for retail stores: choosing location and entrance direction, arranging furniture and airflow, and placing the cashier.
Updated 16 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selection A guide to the 12 two-hour blocks of a traditional Vietnamese day, how the 6 auspicious and 6 inauspicious hours are determined, and notes on timing.
Updated 26 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Psychology Evidence from Taiwan's futures exchange and IPO data shows that choosing prices and tickers by lucky numbers comes with lower returns.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk belief Trương Thị Thúy Hà's 2016 study found Hanoi apartment buyers consult feng shui when choosing and arranging a home, seeking spiritual security.
Updated 27 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › Psychology The illusion of control explains why choosing your own lottery numbers or casting your own hexagram makes a random result feel more trustworthy.
Updated 27 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shui Basic feng shui principles for indoor plants: choosing species, placement by bagua, the five elements, and keeping plants healthy to sustain positive energy.
Updated 18 Jun 2026 Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle rites Vietnamese custom does not require the 49th-day memorial on the exact day. Many families hold it early or late, choosing the nearest date.
Updated 17 Oct 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk taboos Vietnamese folk taboos for groundbreaking, construction and housewarming cover dates, directions and rituals, rooted in yin-yang and five elements.
Updated 16 Jun 2026 Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal rites For Lunar New Year 2027, there is no single correct first-footer list. Compare the trine and six-harmony groups, the host's age and the guest's character.
Updated 17 Sept 2026 Culture and belief
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