Thursday, October 2026
Suitable activities
Coming-of-age rites Ritual bathing Travel Construction & repair Break ground for construction Move residence Move into a home Break ground for a burial Burial
Activities to avoid
Marriage Open for business Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Present betrothal gifts Repair a grave
Pengzu taboos
On a Wu day, do not acquire fields: misfortune will befall their owner.
On a Shen day, do not position a bed: harmful spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions & deities
- Joy deity
- Southeast
- Wealth deity
- North
- Fortune deity
- Northeast
- Yang noble deity
- Northeast
- Yin noble deity
- Southwest
- Year Tai Sui
- South
- Month Tai Sui
- Southeast
- Day Tai Sui
- South
Festivals & seasons
- Solar-calendar festivals
- National Day
- Other solar observances
- International Day of Older Persons
- 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
- Waning gibbous
- Five-day period
- Autumn Equinox: second five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Hibernating insects seal their burrows
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Wu-Shen · Monkey
- Clash
- Clashes with Tiger (Ren-Yin)
- Sha direction
- South
- Twelve day officers
- Close day
- Presiding deity
- White Tiger
- Day path
- Black path · Inauspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Tian She · Wang Ri · Tian Ma · Wu Fu · Bu Jiang · Sheng Xin · Chu Shen
- Inauspicious spirits
- You Huo · Xue Zhi · Wu Li · White Tiger
- Daily fetal deity
- Room, bed and furnace; inside the room, Center
- 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 21
- 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
- Wu-Shen
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Fire below the mountain
- Day Nayin
- Earth of the great post station
- Year xun / void
- Jia-Chen / Yin / Mao
- Month xun / void
- Jia-Wu / Chen / Si
- Day xun / void
- Jia-Chen / Yin / Mao
- Western zodiac
- Libra
- Julian day number
- 2461314.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Legs · Wood · Wolf · Inauspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- West · White Tiger
- Mansion verse
- Building under Legs brings auspicious signs, household harmony and prosperity. Burial, however, is linked with sudden deaths: two or three losses are foretold that year. Military commands, punishment and injuries approach, while repeated lawsuits bring fear and distress. Opening a door or releasing water brings calamity, with two losses of sons within three years.
- 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
- 4 Green Wood · Xun (Southeast) · Tianquan · Xuan Kong [Wenqu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianfu · Very auspicious · Obstruction gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Zhaoyao · Peaceful spirit]
Hourly almanac
| Hour | Suitable activities | Activities to avoid | Auspicious directions | Details | Nine star |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Ren-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] |
| 01:00–02:59Gui-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] |
| 03:00–04:59Jia-Yin · TigerInauspicious | Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities Construction & repair Break ground for construction |
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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] |
| 05:00–06:59Yi-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] |
| 07:00–08:59Bing-Chen · DragonAuspicious | Pray for children Engagement Marriage Burial Move into a home Construction & repair | Take up a post Travel Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration |
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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] |
| 09:00–10:59Ding-Si · SnakeAuspicious | Take up a post Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Move into a home Open for business Burial | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities |
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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] |
| 11:00–12:59Wu-Wu · HorseInauspicious | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Construction & repair Burial Pray for blessings Build a stove Offerings & ancestor rites | Build a bridge Travel by boat |
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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] |
| 13:00–14:59Ji-Wei · GoatAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | 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] |
| 15:00–16:59Geng-Shen · MonkeyInauspicious | 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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| 4 Green Wood · Xun (Southeast) · Tianquan · Xuan Kong [Wenqu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianfu · Very auspicious · Obstruction gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Zhaoyao · Peaceful spirit] |
| 17:00–18:59Xin-You · RoosterInauspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Give thanks to deities Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Construction & repair Burial Take up a post | 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] |
| 19:00–20:59Ren-Xu · DogAuspicious | Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Take up a post Meet a dignitary | Pray for blessings Pray for children Travel by boat |
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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] |
| 21:00–22:59Gui-Hai · PigInauspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Travel Seek wealth Marriage Take up a post Meet a dignitary | Consecration Construction & repair Burial |
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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] |
| 23:00–23:59Jia-Zi · RatAuspicious | None listed | Take up a post Litigation Construction & repair Break ground for construction |
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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] |