Sunday, October 2026
Suitable activities
Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Pray for children Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration Travel Marriage Seek medical care Receive treatment Break ground for construction Break ground for a burial Begin schooling Lay foundations Clean the home Erect pillars Raise a roof beam Open a granary Dispatch goods Acquire property Plant crops Tend livestock Prepare a future grave Thank the Earth deity Erect a memorial stone
Activities to avoid
Install a door Position a bed Make clothing Move into a home Burial
Pengzu taboos
On a Ren day, do not release water: it will be harder to guard against danger.
On a Shen day, do not position a bed: harmful spirits will enter the room.
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
- Other solar observances
- Anniversary of China's entry into the Korean War
- Solar-term period (by date)
- Frost's Descent · 2026-10-23 17:37:57 UTC+8
- Next solar term
- Beginning of Winter · 2026-11-07 17:52:05 UTC+8
- Season
- Late autumn
- Traditional moon phase
- After the full moon
- Five-day period
- Frost's Descent: first five-day period
- Seasonal sign
- Dholes lay out prey as offerings
Daily influences
- Day cycle
- Ren-Shen · Monkey
- Clash
- Clashes with Tiger (Bing-Yin)
- Sha direction
- South
- Twelve day officers
- Open day
- Presiding deity
- Golden Coffer
- Day path
- Yellow path · Auspicious
- Auspicious spirits
- Yue Kong · Si Xiang · Wang Ri · Yi Ma · Tian Hou · Shi Yang · Sheng Qi · Liu Yi · Jin Tang · Chu Shen · Golden Coffer · Ming Fei
- Inauspicious spirits
- Yan Dui · Zhaoyao · Wu Li
- Daily fetal deity
- Storeroom and furnace; outside, Southwest
- Monthly fetal deity
- Gatehouse
- Day prosperity
- Mutual prosperity: Hai; advancing prosperity: Geng
- Six-day cycle
- Red Mouth
Lunar date & cycles
- Lunar date
- 2026, Month 9, day 16
- 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-Shen
- Year Nayin
- Water of the celestial river
- Month Nayin
- Wood of the plains
- Day Nayin
- Sword-edge metal
- Year xun / void
- Jia-Chen / Yin / Mao
- Month xun / void
- Jia-Wu / Chen / Si
- Day xun / void
- Jia-Zi / Xu / Hai
- Western zodiac
- Scorpio
- Julian day number
- 2461338.5
Stars & lunar mansion
- Lunar mansion
- Emptiness · Sun · Rat · Inauspicious
- Celestial palace / guardian
- North · Black Tortoise
- Mansion verse
- Building under Emptiness brings calamity; men and women sleep alone instead of as couples. Disorder and scandal undo household propriety, with descendants and daughters-in-law sharing other people’s beds. Opening a door or releasing water brings disasters, tiger bites, snake injuries and sudden death. Illness recurs for years, until the household is ruined and lives are lost.
- 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
- 7 Red Metal · Dui (West) · Yaoguang · Xuan Kong [Pojun · Inauspicious] · Qi Men [Tianzhu · Mildly inauspicious · Fright gate · Yin] · Tai Yi [Xianchi · Inauspicious spirit]
Hourly almanac
- 00:00–00:59RatAuspicious
- 01:00–02:59OxAuspicious
- 03:00–04:59TigerInauspicious
- 05:00–06:59RabbitInauspicious
- 07:00–08:59DragonAuspicious
- 09:00–10:59SnakeAuspicious
- 11:00–12:59HorseInauspicious
- 13:00–14:59GoatAuspicious
- 15:00–16:59MonkeyInauspicious
- 17:00–18:59RoosterInauspicious
- 19:00–20:59DogAuspicious
- 21:00–22:59PigInauspicious
- 23:00–23:59RatAuspicious
| Hour | Suitable activities | Activities to avoid | Auspicious directions | Details | Nine star |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00–00:59Geng-Zi · RatAuspicious | Suitable activities Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed | Activities to avoid Construction & repair Break ground for construction | 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] |
| 01:00–02:59Xin-Chou · OxAuspicious | Suitable activities Pray for blessings Marriage Construction & repair Build a temple Build a stove Move into a home Burial Take up a post Meet a dignitary Seek wealth Travel | Activities to avoid None listed | 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] |
| 03:00–04:59Ren-Yin · TigerInauspicious | 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] |
| 05:00–06:59Gui-Mao · RabbitInauspicious | Suitable activities Give thanks to deities Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Construction & repair Burial | Activities to avoid Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Consecration Take up a post Travel | 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] |
| 07:00–08:59Jia-Chen · DragonAuspicious | Suitable activities Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Offerings & ancestor rites Take up a post Meet a dignitary | Activities to avoid None listed | 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] |
| 09:00–10:59Yi-Si · SnakeAuspicious | Suitable activities Pray for blessings Pray for children Travel Seek wealth Marriage Burial Offerings & ancestor rites | Activities to avoid None listed | 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] |
| 11:00–12:59Bing-Wu · HorseInauspicious | Suitable activities Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Travel Seek wealth Open for business Trade Position a bed Take up a post | Activities to avoid Raise a roof beam Build a house Place the deceased in a coffin | 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] |
| 13:00–14:59Ding-Wei · GoatAuspicious | Suitable activities Construction & repair Move into a home Burial Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Pray for children Fasting & Taoist rites Engagement Marriage Travel Take up a post | 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] |
| 15:00–16:59Wu-Shen · MonkeyInauspicious | Suitable activities Marriage Move into a home Open for business Trade Burial | Activities to avoid Take up a post Construction & repair Move residence Travel Litigation Pray for blessings Pray for children Travel by boat | 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] |
| 17:00–18:59Ji-You · RoosterInauspicious | Suitable activities Pray for blessings Pray for children Engagement Marriage Move into a home Seek wealth Open for business Trade Burial | Activities to avoid Take up a post Travel Construction & repair Break ground for construction | 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] |
| 19:00–20:59Geng-Xu · DogAuspicious | Suitable activities Build a stove Offerings & ancestor rites Pray for blessings Fasting & Taoist rites Give thanks to deities | Activities to avoid Take up a post Travel Seek wealth Construction & repair Break ground for construction | 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] |
| 21:00–22:59Xin-Hai · PigInauspicious | Suitable activities Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Move into a home Open for business Burial | Activities to avoid Take up a post Travel Construction & repair | 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] |
| 23:00–23:59Ren-Zi · RatAuspicious | Suitable activities Seek wealth Meet a dignitary Engagement Marriage Move into a home Open for business Burial Pray for children Build a stove | 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] |