Friday, September 2026
Suitable activities
Consecration Rites to remove misfortune Dismantle a structure Construction & repair Break ground for construction Erect pillars Install a door Tend livestock Burial Repair a grave Break ground for a burial Move a coffin
Activities to avoid
Move a sacred flame Move into a home Move residence Pray for blessings Offerings & ancestor rites Position a bed Open for business Marriage Visit the sick
Pengzu taboos
On a Ren day, do not release water: it will be harder to guard against danger.
On a Yin day, do not make ritual offerings: spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions & deities
- Joy deity
- South
- Wealth deity
- South
- Fortune deity
- Southeast
- Yang noble deity
- East
- Yin noble deity
- Southeast
- Year Tai Sui
- South
- Month Tai Sui
- Southeast
- Day Tai Sui
- West
Festivals & seasons
- Traditional festivals
- Mid-Autumn Festival
- Solar-term period (by date)
- Autumn Equinox · 2026-09-23 08:05:14 UTC+8
- Next solar term
- Cold Dew · 2026-10-08 14:29:17 UTC+8
- Season
- Mid-autumn
- Traditional moon phase
- Full moon
- Five-day period
- Autumn Equinox: first five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Thunder begins to fall silent
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Ren-Yin · Tiger
- Clash
- Clashes with Monkey (Bing-Shen)
- Sha direction
- North
- Twelve day officers
- Hold day
- Presiding deity
- Azure Dragon
- Day path
- Yellow path · Auspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Si Xiang · Jie Shen · Wu He · Azure Dragon · Ming Fei Dui
- Inauspicious spirits
- Jie Sha · Xiao Hao · Gui Ji
- Daily fetal deity
- Storeroom and furnace; inside the room, South
- Monthly fetal deity
- Latrine and household door
- Day prosperity
- Mutual prosperity: Hai; advancing prosperity: Jia
- Six-day cycle
- Buddha’s Passing
Lunar date & cycles
- Lunar date
- 2026, Month 8, day 15
- 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
- Ren-Yin
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Fire below the mountain
- Day Nayin
- Gold-leaf metal
- Year xun / void
- Jia-Chen / Yin / Mao
- Month xun / void
- Jia-Wu / Chen / Si
- Day xun / void
- Jia-Wu / Chen / Si
- Western zodiac
- Libra
- Julian day number
- 2461308.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Ox · Metal · Ox · Inauspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- North · Black Tortoise
- Mansion verse
- Building under Ox brings disaster and danger; many kinds of sudden calamity cannot be avoided. The household is unsettled and loses members; fields and silkworms fare poorly and the owner declines. Marriage harms those involved, while gold, silver, wealth and grain gradually disappear. Opening a door or releasing water also brings suffering to cattle, pigs, sheep and horses.
- 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
- 1 White Water · Kan (North) · Tianshu · Xuan Kong [Tanlang · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianpeng · Very inauspicious · Rest gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyi · Auspicious spirit]
Hourly almanac
| Hour | Suitable activities | Activities to avoid | Auspicious directions | Details | Nine star |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Geng-Zi · RatAuspicious | Pray for blessings Engagement Marriage Open for business Burial | Build a boat Travel by boat Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin 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] |
| 01:00–02:59Xin-Chou · OxAuspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Give thanks to deities Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Construction & repair Burial | 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] |
| 03:00–04:59Ren-Yin · TigerInauspicious | Take up a post Meet a dignitary Travel Seek wealth Marriage Welcome household members Move residence Burial | 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] |
| 05:00–06:59Gui-Mao · RabbitInauspicious | Construction & repair Build a house Move residence Position a bed Move into a home Open for business Open a granary Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Take up a post Travel Meet a dignitary | 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] |
| 07:00–08:59Jia-Chen · DragonAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Take up a post Construction & repair Move residence Travel Litigation |
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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] |
| 09:00–10:59Yi-Si · SnakeAuspicious | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Burial | Take up a post Travel Construction & repair Break ground for construction |
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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] |
| 11:00–12:59Bing-Wu · HorseInauspicious | None listed | No activities recommended |
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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] |
| 13:00–14:59Ding-Wei · GoatAuspicious | Give thanks to deities Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Construction & repair Burial | Take up a post Travel Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration |
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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] |
| 15:00–16:59Wu-Shen · MonkeyInauspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Take up a post Move into a home | Consecration Construction & repair Burial |
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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] |
| 17:00–18:59Ji-You · RoosterInauspicious | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Construction & repair Burial Pray for blessings Take up a post Travel Seek wealth | None listed |
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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] |
| 19:00–20:59Geng-Xu · DogAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Meet a dignitary | Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin Take up a post Travel |
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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] |
| 21:00–22:59Xin-Hai · PigInauspicious | Take up a post Meet a dignitary Travel Seek wealth Marriage Welcome household members Move residence Burial Construction & repair Move into a home | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities |
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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] |
| 23:00–23:59Ren-Zi · RatAuspicious | Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Pray for blessings Pray for children |
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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] |