The Date Selection calculator now has a new mode: “Find a Date for Your Goal.” Previously, the only option was to browse the calendar and compare days one at a time. Now the entire period is covered by a single calculation: ShenQi automatically finds and ranks the best options for a specific goal and person.
How goal-based selection works
In the form, choose a goal—for example, a business trip, signing a contract, negotiations, launching a project, beginning a course of study, leaving for a vacation, a stage in a relocation, or a scheduled doctor’s appointment—and specify either a period or a list of candidate dates. You can then exclude inconvenient days of the week and specify up to three time windows during the day if the time also matters.
Once launched, ShenQi checks the entire selected period at once, using the same Date Selection methodology as the familiar calculation. Previously, comparing dates this way would have required calculating the days one by one; now a single calculation immediately returns a rated list of the best options. The original “Calendar” mode has not gone anywhere: it remains a reference tool for those who prefer to analyze days on their own in a convenient table.
ShenQi credits—a new way to pay within the platform
Alongside the new mode, the platform has introduced an internal currency: ShenQi credits. Finding a date for a goal is the first tool whose result can be unlocked with credits from your balance, as an alternative to a one-time payment for a specific calculation.
A preview is available even before payment: you can see an overview of the period—how many dates suited your goal and how well they matched—and only then decide what to unlock. You pay for exactly what you need rather than purchasing the full calculation sight unseen.
Credits cannot be withdrawn or exchanged for money. They exist only within ShenQi and will be available in other paid platform tools in the future.
For more on how credits are added, deducted, and expire, see the article How ShenQi Credits Work.
The list of goals will grow
Nine goals are currently available. We will add more as we learn which scenarios matter to our audience. If you need a goal that is not yet on the list, tell us what you would like us to add next.