Sunday, October 2026
Suitable activities
Rites to remove misfortune Offerings & ancestor rites Refinish walls Repair roads Build livestock pens Undertake nothing else
Activities to avoid
Marriage Open for business Trade Move into a home Begin schooling Burial
Pengzu taboos
On a Yi day, do not plant: a thousand plants will fail to grow.
On a Chou day, do not perform a coming-of-age ceremony: the person will not return home.
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
- East
Festivals & seasons
- Traditional festivals
- Double Ninth Festival
- 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
- Ninth-night moon
- Five-day period
- Cold Dew: third five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Chrysanthemums bear yellow flowers
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Yi-Chou · Ox
- Clash
- Clashes with Goat (Ji-Wei)
- Sha direction
- East
- Twelve day officers
- Balance day
- Presiding deity
- Black Tortoise
- Day path
- Black path · Inauspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Tian En · Mu Cang · Fu Sheng
- Inauspicious spirits
- Tian Gang · Si Shen · Yue Sha · Yue Xu · Yuan Wu
- Daily fetal deity
- Mortar, mill and latrine; outside, Southeast
- Monthly fetal deity
- Gatehouse
- Day prosperity
- Mutual prosperity: Mao
- Six-day cycle
- Great Peace
Lunar date & cycles
- Lunar date
- 2026, Month 9, day 9
- 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
- Yi-Chou
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Wood of the plains
- Day Nayin
- Metal in the sea
- Year xun / void
- Jia-Chen / Yin / Mao
- Month xun / void
- Jia-Wu / Chen / Si
- Day xun / void
- Jia-Zi / Xu / Hai
- Western zodiac
- Libra
- Julian day number
- 2461331.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Room · Sun · Rabbit · Auspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- East · Azure Dragon
- Mansion verse
- Building under Room increases fields and gardens, with wealth, cattle and horses spread across the hills. Estates and houses come from afar, bringing glory, wealth, blessings, official income and well-being. Burial on this day leads to high office and an audience with the ruler. Marriage is likened to Chang’e reaching the moon palace, and within three years a child is carried to the court.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Bing-Zi · RatInauspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Offerings & ancestor rites | Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin |
|
| 6 White Metal · Qian (Northwest) · Kaiyang · Xuan Kong [Wuqu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianxin · Very auspicious · Open gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Azure Dragon · Auspicious spirit] |
| 01:00–02:59Ding-Chou · OxInauspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Give thanks to deities Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Move into a home 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] |
| 03:00–04:59Wu-Yin · TigerAuspicious | Engagement Marriage Construction & repair Move into a home Open for business Trade Burial | Pray for blessings Pray for children |
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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] |
| 05:00–06:59Ji-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 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] |
| 07:00–08:59Geng-Chen · DragonInauspicious | None listed | Construction & repair Break ground for construction |
|
| 2 Black Earth · Kun (Southwest) · Tianxuan · Xuan Kong [Jumen · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianrui · Very inauspicious · Death gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Sheti · Inauspicious spirit] |
| 09:00–10:59Xin-Si · SnakeAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Construction & repair Build a house Move residence | 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] |
| 11:00–12:59Ren-Wu · HorseInauspicious | Pray for children Marriage Move into a home Open for business Trade Burial Seek wealth | Take up a post Construction & repair Move residence Travel Litigation 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] |
| 13:00–14:59Gui-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] |
| 15:00–16:59Jia-Shen · MonkeyAuspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Travel Seek wealth Marriage Take up a post Meet a dignitary | Consecration Construction & repair Burial |
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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] |
| 17:00–18:59Yi-You · RoosterInauspicious | Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | 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] |
| 19:00–20:59Bing-Xu · DogAuspicious | Pray for blessings Engagement Marriage Position a bed Move residence Move into a home Construction & repair Burial | Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin 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] |
| 21:00–22:59Ding-Hai · PigAuspicious | Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Pray for children Open for business Engagement Marriage Move into a home Burial Construction & repair Take up a post Travel Meet a dignitary Seek wealth | 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] |
| 23:00–23:59Wu-Zi · RatAuspicious | Take up a post Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Offerings & ancestor rites Give thanks to deities | 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] |