Saturday, October 2026
Suitable activities
Marriage Pray for children Present betrothal gifts Welcome household members Receive money Make nets Acquire livestock Tend livestock Meet family & friends
Activities to avoid
Raise a roof beam Build a stove Cut timber Travel Burial Install a door Cut hair
Pengzu taboos
On a Ding day, do not shave the head: sores will develop.
On a Si day, do not travel far: wealth and belongings should remain safely stored.
Auspicious directions & deities
- Joy deity
- South
- Wealth deity
- Southwest
- Fortune deity
- Southeast
- Yang noble deity
- Northwest
- Yin noble deity
- West
- Year Tai Sui
- South
- Month Tai Sui
- Northeast
- Day Tai Sui
- North
Festivals & seasons
- Other solar observances
- 1911 Revolution anniversary
- 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
- Late autumn
- Traditional moon phase
- New moon
- Five-day period
- Cold Dew: first five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Later flocks of wild geese arrive
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Ding-Si · Snake
- Clash
- Clashes with Pig (Xin-Hai)
- Sha direction
- East
- Twelve day officers
- Danger day
- Presiding deity
- Bright Hall
- Day path
- Yellow path · Auspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Yin De · Xu Shi · Bright Hall
- Inauspicious spirits
- You Huo · Tian Zei · Xue Ji · Chong Ri
- Daily fetal deity
- Storeroom and bed; outside, East
- Monthly fetal deity
- Gatehouse
- Day prosperity
- Mutual prosperity: Wu; advancing prosperity: Bing / Wu
- Six-day cycle
- First Defeat
Lunar date & cycles
- Lunar date
- 2026, Month 9, day 1
- Lunar month
- Month 9 · 30 days
- Lunar New Year cycle
- Bing-Wu · Horse
- Beginning of Spring day cycle
- Bing-Wu · Horse
- Month cycle
- Wu-Xu
- Day cycle
- Ding-Si
- 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
- 2461323.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Willow · Earth · Water deer · Inauspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- South · Vermilion Bird
- Mansion verse
- Building under Willow brings official trouble, with furtive closures day and night and no moment of peace. Burial brings epidemic fears and illness; fields and gardens are lost, leaving winter hardship. Opening a door or releasing water brings deafness, blindness and a back bent like a bow. Beware also of punishment by beating; women are said to wander away with visitors.
- 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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Geng-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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| 3 Blue-green Wood · Zhen (East) · Tianji · Xuan Kong [Lucun · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianchong · Mildly auspicious · Injury gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Xuanyuan · Peaceful spirit] |
| 01:00–02:59Xin-Chou · OxAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Open for business Trade Position a bed Construction & repair Build a house Move residence | Take up a post Travel Seek wealth |
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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] |
| 03:00–04:59Ren-Yin · TigerInauspicious | Pray for children Engagement Marriage Construction & repair Move into a home Open for business Trade Burial | 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] |
| 05:00–06:59Gui-Mao · RabbitInauspicious | Pray for children Engagement Marriage Construction & repair Move into a home Open for business Trade Burial | Take up a post Travel Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration |
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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] |
| 07:00–08:59Jia-Chen · DragonAuspicious | Build a stove Construction & repair | Take up a post Travel Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities |
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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] |
| 09:00–10:59Yi-Si · SnakeInauspicious | Take up a post Meet a dignitary Travel Seek wealth Marriage Welcome household members Move residence Burial Pray for children | Build a boat Travel by boat 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] |
| 11:00–12:59Bing-Wu · HorseAuspicious | 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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| 6 White Metal · Qian (Northwest) · Kaiyang · Xuan Kong [Wuqu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianxin · Very auspicious · Open gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Azure Dragon · Auspicious spirit] |
| 13:00–14:59Ding-Wei · GoatAuspicious | Construction & repair Move into a home Burial Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Pray for children Fasting & Taoist rites Engagement Marriage Travel | 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] |
| 15:00–16:59Wu-Shen · MonkeyInauspicious | 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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| 4 Green Wood · Xun (Southeast) · Tianquan · Xuan Kong [Wenqu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianfu · Very auspicious · Obstruction gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Zhaoyao · Peaceful spirit] |
| 17:00–18:59Ji-You · RoosterInauspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Offerings & ancestor rites | 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] |
| 19:00–20:59Geng-Xu · DogAuspicious | Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Travel Engagement Marriage Construction & repair Move residence Open for business Burial Offerings & ancestor rites | 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] |
| 21:00–22:59Xin-Hai · PigAuspicious | None listed | No activities recommended |
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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] |
| 23:00–23:59Ren-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] |