Thursday, October 2026
Suitable activities
Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Pray for children Consecration Travel Rites to remove misfortune Raise a roof beam Move into a home Move residence Position a bed Install a door Receive money Acquire livestock Build livestock pens
Activities to avoid
Cut timber Funeral rites Break ground for a burial Marriage Burial Dig a channel
Pengzu taboos
On a Ren day, do not release water: it will be harder to guard against danger.
On a Xu day, do not eat dog meat: uncanny troubles will reach the bed.
Auspicious directions & deities
- Joy deity
- South
- Wealth deity
- South
- Fortune deity
- Southeast
- Yang noble deity
- East
- Yin noble deity
- Southeast
- Year Tai Sui
- South
- Month Tai Sui
- Northeast
- Day Tai Sui
- South
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
- Late autumn
- Traditional moon phase
- Evening moon
- Five-day period
- Cold Dew: second five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Sparrows enter the sea and become clams in traditional lore
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Ren-Xu · Dog
- Clash
- Clashes with Dragon (Bing-Chen)
- Sha direction
- North
- Twelve day officers
- Establish day
- Presiding deity
- White Tiger
- Day path
- Black path · Inauspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Yue Kong · Mu Cang · Si Xiang · Shou Ri · Tian Ma
- Inauspicious spirits
- Yue Jian · Xiao Shi · Tu Fu · White Tiger
- Daily fetal deity
- Storeroom and roost; outside, Southeast
- Monthly fetal deity
- Gatehouse
- Day prosperity
- Mutual prosperity: Hai
- Six-day cycle
- Friendship
Lunar date & cycles
- Lunar date
- 2026, Month 9, day 6
- 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
- Ren-Xu
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Wood of the plains
- Day Nayin
- Ocean 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
- 2461328.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Horn · Wood · Flood dragon · Auspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- East · Azure Dragon
- Mansion verse
- Building under Horn brings honor and prosperity, fields and wealth from afar, and women into the household. Marriage brings distinguished children; scholars pass the examinations and appear before the ruler. Burial alone should be avoided: pestilence is foretold after three years. Beginning work on a grave site brings immediate misfortune to the head of the household.
- 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
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Geng-Zi · RatInauspicious | Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade 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] |
| 01:00–02:59Xin-Chou · OxInauspicious | Pray for blessings Marriage Construction & repair Build a temple Build a stove Move into a home Burial | Take up a post Travel Seek wealth |
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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] |
| 03:00–04:59Ren-Yin · TigerAuspicious | Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | 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] |
| 05:00–06:59Gui-Mao · RabbitInauspicious | Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Take up a post Travel Construction & repair Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration |
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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] |
| 07:00–08:59Jia-Chen · DragonAuspicious | None listed | No activities recommended |
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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] |
| 09:00–10:59Yi-Si · SnakeAuspicious | 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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| 1 White Water · Kan (North) · Tianshu · Xuan Kong [Tanlang · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianpeng · Very inauspicious · Rest gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyi · Auspicious spirit] |
| 11:00–12:59Bing-Wu · HorseInauspicious | 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 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] |
| 13:00–14:59Ding-Wei · GoatInauspicious | Meet a dignitary Seek wealth Marriage Welcome household members Move residence Burial | Take up a post Travel |
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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] |
| 15:00–16:59Wu-Shen · MonkeyAuspicious | Engagement Marriage Open for business Burial Meet a dignitary Seek wealth | Pray for blessings Pray for children Take up a post Travel |
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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] |
| 17:00–18:59Ji-You · RoosterAuspicious | Construction & repair Build a stove | 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] |
| 19:00–20:59Geng-Xu · DogInauspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Pray for children Fasting & Taoist rites Engagement Marriage Travel Burial | Build a boat Travel by boat |
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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] |
| 21:00–22:59Xin-Hai · PigAuspicious | Construction & repair Build a house Move residence Position a bed Move into a home Open for business Open a granary Take up a post Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage | None listed |
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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] |
| 23:00–23:59Ren-Zi · RatInauspicious | 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 Consecration Take up a post Travel |
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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] |