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What should you do before discontinuing the work?

Clearing the desk

The Lunar New Year represents the start of a new year. During this period, every household will carry out spring cleaning. You can do so for your work desk too. Try to discard unnecessary items and wipe your desk clean. Tidy up your workspace for a fresh start.

Place an ang pao (red packet) in the drawer

Prior to the discontinuation of work, you can place an ang pao in your drawer. You can choose to put any amount in the ang pao or take reference from the lucky number of your zodiac sign. Placing an ang pao in the drawer is a symbol of good luck, and you can keep it there for a year so that you can enjoy smooth progress in everything that you do.

Clear all outstanding debts

On this day, you must clear all outstanding debts, be it lunch money that your colleague(s) helped you to pay previously or parking fees. Ideally, you should return money to all those whom you owed. Also, you should ensure that others do not owe you money. That way, you can look forward to rolling riches this year.

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Most auspicious dates to discontinue work in 2023

Gregorian Date

Day

Clashing Zodiac To Avoid

20 Jan 2023

Friday

Monkey

21 Jan 2023

Saturday

Rooster

What should you do to start your work in New Year?

1) All staff should gather around the office entrance during the auspicious hour.

2) The door opening ceremony is usually led by someone from the management team. Note that if your zodiac sign is in conflict with the day of the ceremony, you should not be the one opening the door.

3) Once the door is opened, all office personnel are to shout auspicious greetings.

4) The business owner shall distribute ang paos to all employees to ensure a prosperous year ahead!

5) For employees, prepare two Mandarin oranges and express your best wishes with auspicious phrases to your boss and colleagues.

For those who have yet to select the auspicious dates for discontinuation, formality to, and commencement of work, check out the following table to select the dates now!

Most auspicious dates to start work after Lunar New Year holiday

It’s a fairly common practice for some small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with pantang (i.e. superstitious) bosses to only start business or work after the Chinese New Year on an auspicious day (also known as kai gong). Even the day they stop work and take a break for the Chinese New Year matters as well (also known as shou gong).

The best dates to start work again after the Lunar New Year celebrations would be:

24th (clashing zodiac: Rat) at 11am

27th (clashing zodiac: Rabbit) at 11am

29th (clashing zodiac: Goat) at 9am

There’s also a warning from another fengshui site: Monday, the 23rd of January 2023, and Sunday, the 5th of February 2023, are blackout dates when it comes to work. This means that you’re advised to avoid all work activities on those dates (yes, this includes checking work emails, apparently)!

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Date

Conflict Animal (ie not a good day for this zodiac animal)

Friday 27th January 2023 6th Day of CNY Rabbit
Sunday 29th January 2023 8th Day of CNY Snake
Tuesday 31st January 2023 10th Day of CNY Sheep
Thursday 2nd February 2023 12th Day of CNY Rooster

Average days to re-opne/start your business in 2023

Date Conflict Animal

(ie not a good day for this zodiac animal)

Sunday, 22nd January 2023 1st Day of CNY Dog
Tuesday, 24th January 2023 3rd Day of CNY Rat
Wednesday, 25th January 2023 4th Day of CNY Ox
Thursday, 26th January 2023 5th Day of CNY Tiger
Saturday, 28th January 2023 7th Day of CNY Dragon
Monday, 30th January 2023 9th Day of CNY Horse
Wednesday, 1st February 2023 11th Day of CNY Monkey
Friday, 3rd February 2023 13th Day of CNY Dog
Saturday, 4th February 2023 14th Day of CNY Boar
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