Friday, October 2026
Suitable activities
Offerings & ancestor rites Rites to remove misfortune Demolish a building Demolish walls Undertake nothing else
Activities to avoid
No activities recommended
Pengzu taboos
On a Bing day, do not repair a stove: calamity will follow.
On a Chen day, do not weep: further bereavement will follow.
Auspicious directions & deities
- Joy deity
- Southwest
- Wealth deity
- Southwest
- Fortune deity
- Northwest
- Yang noble deity
- West
- Yin noble deity
- Northwest
- Year Tai Sui
- South
- Month Tai Sui
- Northeast
- Day Tai Sui
- North
Festivals & seasons
- 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
- Dawn moon
- Five-day period
- Cold Dew: first five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Later flocks of wild geese arrive
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Bing-Chen · Dragon
- Clash
- Clashes with Dog (Geng-Xu)
- Sha direction
- South
- Twelve day officers
- Break day
- Presiding deity
- Azure Dragon
- Day path
- Yellow path · Auspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Heavenly Virtue · Yue De · Mu Cang · Yi Hou · Jie Shen · Azure Dragon
- Inauspicious spirits
- Yue Po · Da Hao · Si Ji · Jiu Kong · Wang Wang
- Daily fetal deity
- Kitchen, cooking stove and roost; outside, East
- Monthly fetal deity
- Latrine and household door
- Day prosperity
- Mutual prosperity: Si
- Six-day cycle
- Red Mouth
Lunar date & cycles
- Lunar date
- 2026, Month 8, day 29
- 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
- Bing-Chen
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Wood of the plains
- Day Nayin
- Sandy earth
- 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
- 2461322.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Ghost · Metal · Goat · Inauspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- South · Vermilion Bird
- Mansion verse
- Building under Ghost brings sudden death, leaving the household without its master. Burial on this day, however, brings rank and official income, with descendants close to the ruler for generations. Opening a door or releasing water brings injury and death; marriage does not endure. Earthwork and wall building harm women in childbirth, leaving two girls held by the hand amid tears.
- 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
- 5 Yellow Earth · Center (Center) · Yuheng · Xuan Kong [Lianzhen · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianqin · Very auspicious · Yang] · Tai Yi [Tianfu · Inauspicious spirit]
Hourly almanac
| Hour | Suitable activities | Activities to avoid | Auspicious directions | Details | Nine star |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Wu-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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| 6 White Metal · Qian (Northwest) · Kaiyang · Xuan Kong [Wuqu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianxin · Very auspicious · Open gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Azure Dragon · Auspicious spirit] |
| 01:00–02:59Ji-Chou · OxInauspicious | Burial Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Marriage Welcome household members Move residence | 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] |
| 03:00–04:59Geng-Yin · TigerAuspicious | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Burial Build a stove Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities Take up a post Travel | Construction & repair Break ground for construction |
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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] |
| 05:00–06:59Xin-Mao · RabbitInauspicious | None listed | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities 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] |
| 07:00–08:59Ren-Chen · DragonAuspicious | Engagement Marriage Position a bed Move residence Move into a home Construction & repair Burial | Build a bridge Travel by boat Take up a post Travel Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration |
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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] |
| 09:00–10:59Gui-Si · SnakeAuspicious | Construction & repair Build a house Move residence Build a stove Position a bed Move into a home Open for business Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration 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] |
| 11:00–12:59Jia-Wu · HorseInauspicious | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Construction & repair Burial Pray for blessings Travel Seek wealth | Take up a post Litigation |
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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] |
| 13:00–14:59Yi-Wei · GoatInauspicious | Take up a post Meet a dignitary Seek wealth Travel Marriage Welcome household members Move residence Burial | Construction & repair Break ground for construction |
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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] |
| 15:00–16:59Bing-Shen · MonkeyAuspicious | 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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| 7 Red Metal · Dui (West) · Yaoguang · Xuan Kong [Pojun · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianzhu · Mildly inauspicious · Fright gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Xianchi · Inauspicious spirit] |
| 17:00–18:59Ding-You · RoosterAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Offerings & ancestor rites Construction & repair Move into a home Burial | 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] |
| 19:00–20:59Wu-Xu · DogInauspicious | None listed | No activities recommended |
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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] |
| 21:00–22:59Ji-Hai · PigAuspicious | Build a house Move residence Position a bed Move into a home Open for business Open a granary Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Give thanks to deities Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage | 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] |
| 23:00–23:59Geng-Zi · RatInauspicious | Marriage Move residence Open for business Burial | Take up a post Travel Seek wealth 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] |