Thursday, October 2026
Suitable activities
Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for children Coming-of-age rites Welcome household members Meet family & friends Install a door Position a bed Set up weaving equipment Receive money Tend livestock Hunting Release water Harvest honey
Activities to avoid
Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Present betrothal gifts Formalize a betrothal Marriage Move into a home Burial
Pengzu taboos
On a Ji day, do not break a contract: both parties will suffer ruin.
On a Si day, do not travel far: wealth and belongings should remain safely stored.
Auspicious directions & deities
- Joy deity
- Northeast
- Wealth deity
- North
- Fortune deity
- North
- Yang noble deity
- North
- Yin noble deity
- Southwest
- Year Tai Sui
- South
- Month Tai Sui
- Northeast
- Day Tai Sui
- East
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
- Waxing gibbous
- Five-day period
- Cold Dew: third five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Chrysanthemums bear yellow flowers
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Ji-Si · Snake
- Clash
- Clashes with Pig (Gui-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
- Door and bed; outside, South
- 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 13
- 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
- Ji-Si
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Wood of the plains
- Day Nayin
- Great forest wood
- 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
- 2461335.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Dipper · Wood · Xiezhi beast · Auspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- North · Black Tortoise
- Mansion verse
- Building under Dipper attracts wealth, and civil and military officials rise to the highest offices. Fields, homes and family wealth increase greatly; building graves and halls brings rank and riches. Opening a door or releasing water attracts cattle and horses, prospers silkworms and brings harmony between men and women. Protected by this auspicious mansion, blessings endure without calamity.
- 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
- 1 White Water · Kan (North) · Tianshu · Xuan Kong [Tanlang · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianpeng · Very inauspicious · Rest gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyi · Auspicious spirit]
Hourly almanac
- 00:00–00:59RatInauspicious
- 01:00–02:59OxAuspicious
- 03:00–04:59TigerInauspicious
- 05:00–06:59RabbitInauspicious
- 07:00–08:59DragonAuspicious
- 09:00–10:59SnakeInauspicious
- 11:00–12:59HorseAuspicious
- 13:00–14:59GoatAuspicious
- 15:00–16:59MonkeyInauspicious
- 17:00–18:59RoosterInauspicious
- 19:00–20:59DogAuspicious
- 21:00–22:59PigAuspicious
- 23:00–23:59RatAuspicious
| Hour | Suitable activities | Activities to avoid | Auspicious directions | Details | Nine star |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Jia-Zi · RatInauspicious | Suitable activities Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Give thanks to deities Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Construction & repair Burial Take up a post | Activities to avoid None listed | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star3 Blue-green Wood · Zhen (East) · Tianji · Xuan Kong [Lucun · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianchong · Mildly auspicious · Injury gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Xuanyuan · Peaceful spirit] |
| 01:00–02:59Yi-Chou · OxAuspicious | Suitable activities Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Construction & repair Build a house Move residence | Activities to avoid Take up a post Travel | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star2 Black Earth · Kun (Southwest) · Tianxuan · Xuan Kong [Jumen · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianrui · Very inauspicious · Death gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Sheti · Inauspicious spirit] |
| 03:00–04:59Bing-Yin · TigerInauspicious | Suitable activities Take up a post Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Give thanks to deities | Activities to avoid Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star1 White Water · Kan (North) · Tianshu · Xuan Kong [Tanlang · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianpeng · Very inauspicious · Rest gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyi · Auspicious spirit] |
| 05:00–06:59Ding-Mao · RabbitInauspicious | Suitable activities Move into a home Burial Seek wealth Marriage | Activities to avoid Take up a post Travel Construction & repair Break ground for construction | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star9 Purple Fire · Li (South) · Yinyuan · Xuan Kong [Youbi · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianying · Mildly inauspicious · Scenery gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Tianyi · Auspicious spirit] |
| 07:00–08:59Wu-Chen · DragonAuspicious | Suitable activities Build a stove Construction & repair Take up a post Meet a dignitary Seek wealth Travel Marriage Welcome household members Move residence Burial | Activities to avoid Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star8 White Earth · Gen (Northeast) · Dongming · Xuan Kong [Zuofu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianren · Mildly auspicious · Life gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyin · Auspicious spirit] |
| 09:00–10:59Ji-Si · SnakeInauspicious | Suitable activities Pray for children Marriage Move residence Move into a home Open for business Trade Burial Meet a dignitary Seek wealth | Activities to avoid Take up a post Travel Construction & repair Consecration | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star7 Red Metal · Dui (West) · Yaoguang · Xuan Kong [Pojun · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianzhu · Mildly inauspicious · Fright gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Xianchi · Inauspicious spirit] |
| 11:00–12:59Geng-Wu · HorseAuspicious | Suitable activities Take up a post Travel Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Move into a home Open for business Burial Pray for blessings | Activities to avoid Construction & repair Break ground for construction | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star6 White Metal · Qian (Northwest) · Kaiyang · Xuan Kong [Wuqu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianxin · Very auspicious · Open gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Azure Dragon · Auspicious spirit] |
| 13:00–14:59Xin-Wei · GoatAuspicious | Suitable activities Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Give thanks to deities Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Move into a home Burial Construction & repair Build a house Move residence Build a stove Position a bed | Activities to avoid None listed | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star5 Yellow Earth · Center (Center) · Yuheng · Xuan Kong [Lianzhen · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianqin · Very auspicious · Yang] · Tai Yi [Tianfu · Inauspicious spirit] |
| 15:00–16:59Ren-Shen · MonkeyInauspicious | Suitable activities Pray for children Seek wealth Marriage Burial | Activities to avoid Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration Take up a post Travel | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star4 Green Wood · Xun (Southeast) · Tianquan · Xuan Kong [Wenqu · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianfu · Very auspicious · Obstruction gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Zhaoyao · Peaceful spirit] |
| 17:00–18:59Gui-You · RoosterInauspicious | Suitable activities Pray for children Engagement Marriage Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Activities to avoid Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration Take up a post Travel | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star3 Blue-green Wood · Zhen (East) · Tianji · Xuan Kong [Lucun · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianchong · Mildly auspicious · Injury gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Xuanyuan · Peaceful spirit] |
| 19:00–20:59Jia-Xu · DogAuspicious | Suitable activities Pray for blessings Engagement Marriage Open for business Burial | Activities to avoid Take up a post Travel Seek wealth | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star2 Black Earth · Kun (Southwest) · Tianxuan · Xuan Kong [Jumen · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianrui · Very inauspicious · Death gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Sheti · Inauspicious spirit] |
| 21:00–22:59Yi-Hai · PigAuspicious | Suitable activities None listed | Activities to avoid No activities recommended | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star1 White Water · Kan (North) · Tianshu · Xuan Kong [Tanlang · Auspicious] · Qi Men [Tianpeng · Very inauspicious · Rest gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Taiyi · Auspicious spirit] |
| 23:00–23:59Bing-Zi · RatAuspicious | Suitable activities None listed | Activities to avoid No activities recommended | Auspicious directions
| Details
| Nine star3 Blue-green Wood · Zhen (East) · Tianji · Xuan Kong [Lucun · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianchong · Mildly auspicious · Injury gate · Yang] · Tai Yi [Xuanyuan · Peaceful spirit] |