Saturday, September 2026
Suitable activities
Marriage Coming-of-age rites Install machinery Rites to remove misfortune Acquire livestock Tend livestock Ritual bathing Cut timber Erect building supports Make roof beams Install a door Clean the home Make a coffin Burial Open a grave for reburial Erect a memorial stone Repair a grave
Activities to avoid
Pray for blessings Consecration Open for business Move into a home Break ground for construction
Pengzu taboos
On a Bing day, do not repair a stove: calamity will follow.
On a Shen day, do not position a bed: harmful spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions & deities
- Joy deity
- Southwest
- Wealth deity
- Southwest
- Fortune deity
- Northwest
- Yang noble deity
- West
- Yin noble deity
- Northwest
- Year Tai Sui
- South
- Month Tai Sui
- Southeast
- Day Tai Sui
- South
Festivals & seasons
- Solar-calendar festivals
- National Defence Education 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
- Ninth-night moon
- Five-day period
- White Dew: third five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Flocks of birds store food
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Bing-Shen · Monkey
- Clash
- Clashes with Tiger (Geng-Yin)
- Sha direction
- South
- Twelve day officers
- Close day
- Presiding deity
- White Tiger
- Day path
- Black path · Inauspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Wang Ri · Tian Ma · Wu Fu · Sheng Xin · Chu Shen · Ming Fei
- Inauspicious spirits
- You Huo · Xue Zhi · Di Nang · Wu Li · White Tiger
- Daily fetal deity
- Kitchen, cooking stove and furnace; inside the room, North
- Monthly fetal deity
- Latrine and household door
- Day prosperity
- Mutual prosperity: Si; advancing prosperity: Geng
- Six-day cycle
- Buddha’s Passing
Lunar date & cycles
- Lunar date
- 2026, Month 8, day 9
- 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
- Bing-Shen
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Fire below the mountain
- Day Nayin
- Fire below the mountain
- 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
- 2461302.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Root · Earth · Raccoon dog · Inauspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- East · Azure Dragon
- Mansion verse
- Building under Root brings calamity and ill fortune; fields are exhausted and storehouses emptied. Burial should not take place on this day: hanging and repeated misfortunes are foretold. Marriage brings separation, with dissolute men entering the chamber at night. Boats are said to sink, and descendants to face deafness, inability to speak and poverty.
- 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
- 7 Red Metal · Dui (West) · Yaoguang · Xuan Kong [Pojun · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianzhu · Mildly inauspicious · Fright gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Xianchi · Inauspicious spirit]
Hourly almanac
| Hour | Suitable activities | Activities to avoid | Auspicious directions | Details | Nine star |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Wu-Zi · RatAuspicious | None listed | No activities recommended |
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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] |
| 01:00–02:59Ji-Chou · OxAuspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities Construction & repair Build a stove | 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] |
| 03:00–04:59Geng-Yin · TigerInauspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Take up a post Offerings & ancestor rites | Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin |
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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] |
| 05:00–06:59Xin-Mao · RabbitInauspicious | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Construction & repair Burial Take up a post Travel Meet a dignitary Seek wealth Engagement | 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] |
| 07:00–08:59Ren-Chen · DragonAuspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Fasting & Taoist rites Engagement Marriage Burial | Take up a post Construction & repair Move residence Travel Litigation Pray for blessings Pray for children Travel by boat |
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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] |
| 09:00–10:59Gui-Si · SnakeAuspicious | Engagement Marriage Move residence Move into a home Burial | Take up a post Travel Construction & repair Break ground for construction Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities Consecration |
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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] |
| 11:00–12:59Jia-Wu · HorseInauspicious | Pray for blessings Marriage Build a temple Build a stove Move into a home Burial | Take up a post Travel Construction & repair Break ground for construction |
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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] |
| 13:00–14:59Yi-Wei · GoatAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Seek wealth Marriage Burial | Take up a post Travel Construction & repair |
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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] |
| 15:00–16:59Bing-Shen · MonkeyInauspicious | Engagement Marriage Position a bed Move residence Move into a home Construction & repair Burial Take up a post Travel Meet a dignitary Seek wealth | 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] |
| 17:00–18:59Ding-You · RoosterInauspicious | Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Give thanks to deities Construction & repair Build a house Move residence Build a stove Position a bed Move into a home Open for business | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration Take up a post Travel |
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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] |
| 19:00–20:59Wu-Xu · DogAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Meet a dignitary | Take up a post Litigation |
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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] |
| 21:00–22:59Ji-Hai · PigInauspicious | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Construction & repair Burial Take up a post Meet a dignitary Travel Seek wealth | None listed |
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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] |
| 23:00–23:59Geng-Zi · RatAuspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Give thanks to deities Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Construction & repair Burial | Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin Take up a post Litigation |
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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] |