Thursday, September 2026
Suitable activities
Marriage Offerings & ancestor rites Cut hair Welcome household members Build a stove Move a coffin Coming-of-age rites Meet family & friends
Activities to avoid
Open a granary Dispatch goods Cut timber Acquire livestock Open for business Raise a roof beam Build a house Break ground for a burial Open a grave for reburial Plant crops
Pengzu taboos
On a Jia day, do not open a granary: wealth and goods will be depleted.
On a Wu day, do not thatch or roof a house: its owner will change.
Auspicious directions & deities
- Joy deity
- Northeast
- Wealth deity
- Northeast
- Fortune deity
- North
- Yang noble deity
- Southwest
- Yin noble deity
- Northeast
- Year Tai Sui
- South
- Month Tai Sui
- Southeast
- Day Tai Sui
- South
Festivals & seasons
- Other solar observances
- World Cycling Day
- Solar-term period (by date)
- White Dew · 2026-09-07 22:41:16 UTC+8
- Next solar term
- Autumn Equinox · 2026-09-23 08:05:14 UTC+8
- Season
- Mid-autumn
- Traditional moon phase
- First quarter
- Five-day period
- White Dew: third five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Flocks of birds store food
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Jia-Wu · Horse
- Clash
- Clashes with Rat (Wu-Zi)
- Sha direction
- North
- Twelve day officers
- Receive day
- Presiding deity
- Golden Coffer
- Day path
- Yellow path · Auspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Yue Kong · Bu Jiang · Fu Sheng · Golden Coffer · Ming Fei
- Inauspicious spirits
- Tian Gang · Da Shi · Da Bai · Xianchi · Tian Zei · Jiu Kan · Jiu Jiao
- Daily fetal deity
- Door and mortar; inside the room, North
- Monthly fetal deity
- Latrine and household door
- Day prosperity
- Mutual prosperity: Yin; advancing prosperity: Ding / Ji
- Six-day cycle
- Friendship
Lunar date & cycles
- Lunar date
- 2026, Month 8, day 7
- Lunar month
- Month 8 · 29 days
- Lunar New Year cycle
- Bing-Wu · Horse
- Beginning of Spring day cycle
- Bing-Wu · Horse
- Month cycle
- Ding-You
- Day cycle
- Jia-Wu
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Fire below the mountain
- Day Nayin
- Metal in sand
- Year xun / void
- Jia-Chen / Yin / Mao
- Month xun / void
- Jia-Wu / Chen / Si
- Day xun / void
- Jia-Wu / Chen / Si
- Western zodiac
- Virgo
- Julian day number
- 2461300.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Horn · Wood · Flood dragon · Auspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- East · Azure Dragon
- Mansion verse
- Building under Horn brings honor and prosperity, fields and wealth from afar, and women into the household. Marriage brings distinguished children; scholars pass the examinations and appear before the ruler. Burial alone should be avoided: pestilence is foretold after three years. Beginning work on a grave site brings immediate misfortune to the head of the household.
- Year nine star
- 1 White Water · Kan (North) · Tianshu · Xuan Kong [Tanlang · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianpeng · Very inauspicious · Rest gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyi · Auspicious spirit]
- Month nine star
- 1 White Water · Kan (North) · Tianshu · Xuan Kong [Tanlang · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianpeng · Very inauspicious · Rest gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyi · Auspicious spirit]
- Day nine star
- 9 Purple Fire · Li (South) · Yinyuan · Xuan Kong [Youbi · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianying · Mildly inauspicious · Scenery gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Tianyi · Auspicious spirit]
Hourly almanac
| Hour | Suitable activities | Activities to avoid | Auspicious directions | Details | Nine star |
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| 00:00–00:59Jia-Zi · RatAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Construction & repair Break ground for construction Take up a post |
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| 9 Purple Fire · Li (South) · Yinyuan · Xuan Kong [Youbi · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianying · Mildly inauspicious · Scenery gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Tianyi · Auspicious spirit] |
| 01:00–02:59Yi-Chou · OxAuspicious | Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Marriage Welcome household members Move residence Burial Pray for blessings | Take up a post Travel Construction & repair Break ground for construction |
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| 8 White Earth · Gen (Northeast) · Dongming · Xuan Kong [Zuofu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianren · Mildly auspicious · Life gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyin · Auspicious spirit] |
| 03:00–04:59Bing-Yin · TigerInauspicious | Meet a dignitary Seek wealth Marriage Move into a home Move residence Burial | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration Take up a post Travel |
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| 7 Red Metal · Dui (West) · Yaoguang · Xuan Kong [Pojun · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianzhu · Mildly inauspicious · Fright gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Xianchi · Inauspicious spirit] |
| 05:00–06:59Ding-Mao · RabbitAuspicious | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Construction & repair Burial Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities |
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| 6 White Metal · Qian (Northwest) · Kaiyang · Xuan Kong [Wuqu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianxin · Very auspicious · Open gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Azure Dragon · Auspicious spirit] |
| 07:00–08:59Wu-Chen · DragonInauspicious | Pray for blessings Engagement Marriage Position a bed Move residence Move into a home Construction & repair Burial Offerings & ancestor rites | Build a bridge Travel by boat |
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| 5 Yellow Earth · Center (Center) · Yuheng · Xuan Kong [Lianzhen · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianqin · Very auspicious · Yang] · Tai Yi [Tianfu · Inauspicious spirit] |
| 09:00–10:59Ji-Si · SnakeInauspicious | Pray for children Travel Move into a home Marriage Construction & repair Burial Take up a post | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities |
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| 4 Green Wood · Xun (Southeast) · Tianquan · Xuan Kong [Wenqu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianfu · Very auspicious · Obstruction gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Zhaoyao · Peaceful spirit] |
| 11:00–12:59Geng-Wu · HorseAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Take up a post | Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin |
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| 3 Blue-green Wood · Zhen (East) · Tianji · Xuan Kong [Lucun · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianchong · Mildly auspicious · Injury gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Xuanyuan · Peaceful spirit] |
| 13:00–14:59Xin-Wei · GoatInauspicious | Construction & repair Move into a home Burial Pray for blessings Marriage | None listed |
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| 2 Black Earth · Kun (Southwest) · Tianxuan · Xuan Kong [Jumen · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianrui · Very inauspicious · Death gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Sheti · Inauspicious spirit] |
| 15:00–16:59Ren-Shen · MonkeyAuspicious | Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Pray for blessings Pray for children |
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| 1 White Water · Kan (North) · Tianshu · Xuan Kong [Tanlang · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianpeng · Very inauspicious · Rest gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyi · Auspicious spirit] |
| 17:00–18:59Gui-You · RoosterAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Offerings & ancestor rites | None listed |
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| 9 Purple Fire · Li (South) · Yinyuan · Xuan Kong [Youbi · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianying · Mildly inauspicious · Scenery gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Tianyi · Auspicious spirit] |
| 19:00–20:59Jia-Xu · DogInauspicious | None listed | No activities recommended |
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| 8 White Earth · Gen (Northeast) · Dongming · Xuan Kong [Zuofu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianren · Mildly auspicious · Life gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyin · Auspicious spirit] |
| 21:00–22:59Yi-Hai · PigInauspicious | Take up a post Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Move into a home Open for business Burial Construction & repair Build a house Move residence Position a bed | None listed |
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| 7 Red Metal · Dui (West) · Yaoguang · Xuan Kong [Pojun · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianzhu · Mildly inauspicious · Fright gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Xianchi · Inauspicious spirit] |
| 23:00–23:59Bing-Zi · RatInauspicious | Pray for children Seek wealth Marriage Burial | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration Take up a post Travel |
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| 9 Purple Fire · Li (South) · Yinyuan · Xuan Kong [Youbi · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianying · Mildly inauspicious · Scenery gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Tianyi · Auspicious spirit] |