Tuesday, October 2026
Suitable activities
Marriage Build vehicles Install machinery Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Consecration Install an ancestral altar Move a sacred flame Travel Open for business Sign contracts Construction & repair Break ground for construction Move residence Move into a home Break ground for a burial Burial
Activities to avoid
Present betrothal gifts Formalize a betrothal Erect building supports Litigation Dig a channel
Pengzu taboos
On a Gui day, do not engage in litigation: your case will be weak and your opponent strong.
On a Chou day, do not perform a coming-of-age ceremony: the person will not return home.
Auspicious directions & deities
- Joy deity
- Southeast
- Wealth deity
- South
- Fortune deity
- Northeast
- Yang noble deity
- Southeast
- Yin noble deity
- East
- Year Tai Sui
- South
- Month Tai Sui
- Southeast
- Day Tai Sui
- North
Festivals & seasons
- 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 crescent
- Five-day period
- Autumn Equinox: third five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Waters begin to dry up
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Gui-Chou · Ox
- Clash
- Clashes with Goat (Ding-Wei)
- Sha direction
- East
- Twelve day officers
- Settle day
- Presiding deity
- Gouchen
- Day path
- Black path · Inauspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Tian En · Mu Cang · Yue En · Si Xiang · San He · Shi Yin · Jin Tang
- Inauspicious spirits
- Si Qi · Ba Zhuan · Chu Shui Long · Gouchen
- Daily fetal deity
- Room, bed and latrine; outside, Northeast
- Monthly fetal deity
- Latrine and household door
- Day prosperity
- Mutual prosperity: Zi
- Six-day cycle
- First Defeat
Lunar date & cycles
- Lunar date
- 2026, Month 8, day 26
- 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
- Gui-Chou
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Fire below the mountain
- Day Nayin
- Mulberry wood
- 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
- 2461319.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Turtle Beak · Fire · Monkey · Inauspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- West · White Tiger
- Mansion verse
- Building under Turtle Beak brings penal servitude, with isolation and hardship within three years. Burial is often followed by sudden death; a Yin year is named for lethal harm. Three successive funerals arise from this, and poisoning one person is said to claim a second life. The household and its fields decline, while stored gold and silver turn to dust.
- 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
- 8 White Earth · Gen (Northeast) · Dongming · Xuan Kong [Zuofu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianren · Mildly auspicious · Life gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyin · Auspicious spirit]
Hourly almanac
| Hour | Suitable activities | Activities to avoid | Auspicious directions | Details | Nine star |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Ren-Zi · RatInauspicious | Take up a post Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Move into a home Open for business Burial Pray for children | 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] |
| 01:00–02:59Gui-Chou · OxInauspicious | None listed | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration Take up a post Travel |
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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] |
| 03:00–04:59Jia-Yin · TigerAuspicious | Engagement Marriage Open for business 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] |
| 05:00–06:59Yi-Mao · RabbitAuspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Give thanks to deities Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Move into a home Burial Pray for children | 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] |
| 07:00–08:59Bing-Chen · DragonInauspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin |
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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] |
| 09:00–10:59Ding-Si · SnakeAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Offerings & ancestor rites Build a house Move residence | 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] |
| 11:00–12:59Wu-Wu · HorseInauspicious | Seek wealth Marriage Open for business Burial Engagement | Take up a post Construction & repair Move residence Travel Litigation Pray for blessings Pray for children |
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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] |
| 13:00–14:59Ji-Wei · GoatInauspicious | 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] |
| 15:00–16:59Geng-Shen · MonkeyAuspicious | Build a stove Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities Take up a post Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Marriage Welcome household members Move residence Burial | 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] |
| 17:00–18:59Xin-You · RoosterInauspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Engagement Marriage Move into a home Build a house Burial | Take up a post Travel Construction & repair |
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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] |
| 19:00–20:59Ren-Xu · DogAuspicious | Engagement Marriage Position a bed Move residence Move into a home 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] |
| 21:00–22:59Gui-Hai · PigAuspicious | Construction & repair Build a house Move residence Build a stove Position a bed Move into a home Open for business Meet a dignitary Seek wealth Marriage | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration Take up a post Travel |
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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] |
| 23:00–23:59Jia-Zi · RatAuspicious | Pray for blessings Engagement Marriage Position a bed Move residence Move into a home Construction & repair Burial | Take up a post Travel Seek wealth |
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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] |