Thursday, October 2026
Suitable activities
Offerings & ancestor rites Place the deceased in a coffin Move a coffin Prepare a future grave Break ground for a burial Open a grave for reburial Burial End ritual mourning Begin ritual mourning Undertake nothing else
Activities to avoid
None listed
Pengzu taboos
On a Yi day, do not plant: a thousand plants will fail to grow.
On a Mao day, do not dig a well: its water will not be sweet.
Auspicious directions & deities
- Joy deity
- Northwest
- Wealth deity
- Northeast
- Fortune deity
- Southwest
- Yang noble deity
- Southwest
- Yin noble deity
- North
- Year Tai Sui
- South
- Month Tai Sui
- Northeast
- Day Tai Sui
- North
Festivals & seasons
- Today’s solar term
- Cold Dew
- Solar-term period (by date)
- Cold Dew · 2026-10-08 14:29:17 UTC+8
- Next solar term
- Frost's Descent · 2026-10-23 17:37:57 UTC+8
- Season
- Mid-autumn
- Traditional moon phase
- Fading moon
- Five-day period
- Cold Dew: first five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Later flocks of wild geese arrive
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Yi-Mao · Rabbit
- Clash
- Clashes with Rooster (Ji-You)
- Sha direction
- West
- Twelve day officers
- Hold day
- Presiding deity
- Gouchen
- Day path
- Black path · Inauspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Liu He · Sheng Xin · Wu He · Ming Fei Dui
- Inauspicious spirits
- Da Shi · Da Bai · Xianchi · Xiao Hao · Si Fei · Wu Xu · Gouchen
- Daily fetal deity
- Mortar, mill and door; outside, East
- Monthly fetal deity
- Latrine and household door
- Day prosperity
- Mutual prosperity: Mao; advancing prosperity: Yi
- Six-day cycle
- Great Peace
Lunar date & cycles
- Lunar date
- 2026, Month 8, day 28
- Lunar month
- Month 8 · 29 days
- Lunar New Year cycle
- Bing-Wu · Horse
- Beginning of Spring day cycle
- Bing-Wu · Horse
- Month cycle
- Wu-Xu
- Day cycle
- Yi-Mao
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Wood of the plains
- Day Nayin
- Great stream water
- Year xun / void
- Jia-Chen / Yin / Mao
- Month xun / void
- Jia-Wu / Chen / Si
- Day xun / void
- Jia-Yin / Zi / Chou
- Western zodiac
- Libra
- Julian day number
- 2461321.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Well · Wood · Wild dog · Auspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- South · Vermilion Bird
- Mansion verse
- Building under Well prospers silkworms and fields, and brings the honor of first place on the examination list. Burial requires caution against sudden death and fatal disturbed behavior or illness. Opening a door or releasing water attracts wealth, and cattle, horses, pigs and sheep thrive greatly. Influential people, fields and ponds come to the household; descendants flourish with money to spare.
- 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
- 9 Purple Fire · Li (South) · Yinyuan · Xuan Kong [Youbi · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianying · Mildly inauspicious · Scenery gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Tianyi · Auspicious spirit]
- Day nine star
- 6 White Metal · Qian (Northwest) · Kaiyang · Xuan Kong [Wuqu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianxin · Very auspicious · Open gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Azure Dragon · Auspicious spirit]
Hourly almanac
| Hour | Suitable activities | Activities to avoid | Auspicious directions | Details | Nine star |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Bing-Zi · RatAuspicious | Build a stove Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities Construction & repair | Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin Take up a post Travel |
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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] |
| 01:00–02:59Ding-Chou · OxInauspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Give thanks to deities Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Move into a home Burial | Take up a post Travel Construction & repair |
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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] |
| 03:00–04:59Wu-Yin · TigerAuspicious | Engagement Marriage Position a bed Move residence Move into a home Construction & repair Burial | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities Travel by boat |
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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] |
| 05:00–06:59Ji-Mao · RabbitAuspicious | Take up a post Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Move into a home Open for business Burial Pray for blessings Pray for children Construction & repair Build a house Move residence | None listed |
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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] |
| 07:00–08:59Geng-Chen · DragonInauspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Pray for children Fasting & Taoist rites Engagement Marriage Burial | Take up a post Travel Construction & repair Break ground for construction |
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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] |
| 09:00–10:59Xin-Si · SnakeInauspicious | Pray for blessings Marriage Construction & repair Build a house Build a temple Build a stove Move into a home Burial Meet a dignitary Seek wealth | 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] |
| 11:00–12:59Ren-Wu · HorseAuspicious | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Construction & repair Burial Engagement | 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] |
| 13:00–14:59Gui-Wei · GoatAuspicious | Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration 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] |
| 15:00–16:59Jia-Shen · MonkeyInauspicious | Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities 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] |
| 17:00–18:59Yi-You · RoosterAuspicious | 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] |
| 19:00–20:59Bing-Xu · DogInauspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin 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] |
| 21:00–22:59Ding-Hai · PigInauspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Move into a home Burial Offerings & ancestor rites | 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] |
| 23:00–23:59Wu-Zi · RatInauspicious | Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Offerings & ancestor rites | 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] |