Sunday, October 2026
Suitable activities
Travel Open for business Trade Sign contracts Install machinery Move a sacred flame Raise a roof beam Move residence
Activities to avoid
Marriage Burial Break ground for construction Build a bridge
Pengzu taboos
On a Xin day, do not prepare fermented sauce: the owner will not taste it.
On a Hai day, do not marry: it will be unfavorable for the bridegroom.
Auspicious directions & deities
- Joy deity
- Southwest
- Wealth deity
- East
- Fortune deity
- Northwest
- Yang noble deity
- Northeast
- Yin noble deity
- South
- Year Tai Sui
- South
- Month Tai Sui
- Southeast
- Day Tai Sui
- South
Festivals & seasons
- Other solar observances
- World Animal Day
- 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
- Dawn-visible moon
- Five-day period
- Autumn Equinox: third five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Waters begin to dry up
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Xin-Hai · Pig
- Clash
- Clashes with Snake (Yi-Si)
- Sha direction
- West
- Twelve day officers
- Full day
- Presiding deity
- Black Tortoise
- Day path
- Black path · Inauspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Tian En · Xiang Ri · Yi Ma · Tian Hou · Tian Wu · Fu De · Yao An
- Inauspicious spirits
- Si Qiong · Jiu Hu · Wu Xu · Da Sha · Fu Ri · Chong Ri · Yuan Wu
- Daily fetal deity
- Kitchen, cooking stove and bed; outside, Northeast
- Monthly fetal deity
- Latrine and household door
- Day prosperity
- Mutual prosperity: You; advancing prosperity: Ren
- Six-day cycle
- First Victory
Lunar date & cycles
- Lunar date
- 2026, Month 8, day 24
- 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
- Xin-Hai
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Fire below the mountain
- Day Nayin
- Hairpin and bracelet metal
- 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
- 2461317.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Hairy Head · Sun · Rooster · Inauspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- West · White Tiger
- Mansion verse
- Building under Hairy Head brings fields and cattle, but burial brings unending official trouble. Repeated bereavement is foretold, with three deaths in two days; fields and gardens are sold off without gain. Opening a door or releasing water brings disaster, and a three-year-old child is said to turn white-haired. Marriage should be avoided: death and separation bring grief.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Wu-Zi · RatInauspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Travel Engagement Marriage Move into a home Construction & repair Build a house Burial Build a stove | 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] |
| 01:00–02:59Ji-Chou · OxAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Offerings & ancestor rites | 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] |
| 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 Meet a dignitary | 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] |
| 05:00–06:59Xin-Mao · RabbitInauspicious | None listed | No activities recommended |
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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 | Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Take up a post 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 · SnakeInauspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Consecration Construction & repair Burial |
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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 · HorseAuspicious | Pray for blessings Engagement Marriage Open for business Burial Take up a post Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary | 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 | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Give thanks to deities Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Move into a home Burial | None listed |
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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 | Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Construction & repair Burial | 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 | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Construction & repair Burial | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities |
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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 | Meet a dignitary Seek wealth Marriage Welcome household members Move residence Burial | 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] |
| 21:00–22:59Ji-Hai · PigAuspicious | Meet a dignitary Seek wealth Marriage Welcome household members Move residence Burial | Take up a post Travel |
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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 | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Burial Pray for blessings Engagement | Build a boat Travel by boat 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] |