Wedding Preparation Part 1 - Choosing the Date

Choosing the date is one of the most important decisions people will make as they plan for their wedding. It will be the first question everyone will tend to ask, and it will be difficult to make any progress on planning the wedding without knowing the date.

We had our auspicious dates calculated at Choong Loong Geomancy and Trading located at 149 Rocher Road, #B1-07 Fu Lu Shou Complex last year. This service cost S$80, price is quoted as of year 2010. We are required to provide the followings:

- Groom's chinese name, date of birth and zodiac sign
- Bride's chinese name, date of birth and zodiac sign
- Groom's parents date of birth and zodiac sign
- Bride's parents date of birth and zodiac sign
- Any particular month of the year in which we want to hold our wedding
- Whether we prefer it on a weekday, a weekend or any particular date

After the calculation, we were then be given 3 auspicious date to choose from for our wedding customary. Each auspicious date also comes with the hours of fetching the bride to the groom's house, the date and hours for installing a bridal bed, the date and hours for delivery of betrothal gifts and the zodiac sign that "crash" with the bride and groom (People with this zodiac need to avoid seeing the bride entering the groom's house).

After discussing with our parents, we finally decided on 06 May 2012, a Sunday! ♥