Chinese Almanac for 2026-01-04 (Sunday)
What a day is suitable for follows from its stems and branches, its day officer and the spirits attending it, so no two days read alike. What is shown here is the traditional calculation, nothing more.
Lunar date and pillars
- Lunar date: Lunar month 11, day 16
- Pillars: 乙巳 · 戊子 · 戊寅
- Zodiac: Snake
- Day officer: Full
- Attending spirit: White Tiger · Black Path · Inauspicious
- Sha direction: North
- Lunar mansion: Star · Inauspicious
Suitable
Engagement, Betrothal gifts, Meet relatives, Install machinery, Consecration, Construction, Break ground, Erect pillars, Raise beam, Roof a house, Lay foundation, Build bridge, Planting, Acquire livestock, Build livestock pen, Move coffin, Encoffining, Open tomb, Repair tomb, Erect stele, Burial
Unsuitable
Pray for fortune, Move stove fire, Marriage, Move in, Open business, Break burial ground
Spirits of the day
- Auspicious spirits: Hour Virtue, Minister Day, Post Horse, Heavenly Empress, Heavenly Horse, Heavenly Shaman, Fortune Virtue, Fortune Birth, Five Harmony
- Inauspicious spirits: Five Voids, Return Taboo, White Tiger
Directions
- Joy spirit: Southeast
- Wealth spirit: Due North
- Fortune spirit: Northeast
The twelve double hours
| Hour | Pillar | Spirit | Fortune | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Azure Dragon | Auspicious | 订婚, Marriage, Open business, Burial |
| 丑 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Bright Hall | Auspicious | Construction, Roof a house, Relocation, Build stove |
| 寅 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, Marriage, Relocation, Move in |
| 卯 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Vermilion Bird | Inauspicious | Move in, Construction, Burial, Take office |
| 辰 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Golden Chest | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 巳 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Auspicious | Move in, Take office, Travel, 求财 |
| 午 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | 订婚, Marriage, Relocation, Open business |
| 未 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Jade Hall | Auspicious | Construction, Roof a house, Relocation, Install bed |
| 申 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | None |
| 酉 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Black Tortoise | Inauspicious | None |
| 戌 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | Build stove, Thank deities, Construction |
| 亥 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Gou Chen | Inauspicious | Join roof ridge, Marriage, Burial |
| 子 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | Worship, Pray for fortune, Thank deities, Travel |