Date consultant: a wedding guide

Your wishlist

Answer these before you meet anyone.

• What tradition should the reading follow?

  Match a consultant to your family's practice.

• How would you like to meet?

• What language do you want the consultation in?

What to ask each one

• What kind of reading?

  Tradition-inclusive: a Tong Shu almanac and BaZi reading in Chinese practice, a panchang reading for a muhurat in Hindu practice, or a family's own way of choosing well.

How it’s usually priced

Usually priced as one flat amount.

Possible extras: Follow-up reading.

What you settle once booked

• Birth details for the reading

  Both readings start from the couple's birth details — exact birth times matter, and parents often know them better than the couple does.

• Consultation session

• Recommended dates

  The consultant usually returns a small set of favorable dates or windows, not a single day — availability picks among them.

• The chosen date and why

• Auspicious time windows

  The one output other vendors plan around — a muhurat is a time, not just a day.

• Dates and periods to avoid

  Readings flag unfavorable stretches as often as favorable days.

• Other readings from this consultation

  The same sitting often covers more than the wedding date — betrothal-gift timing, the bed-setting (an chuang), the hair-combing hour, moving into the new home.