Chinese Almanac for 2026-01-31 (Saturday)

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 12, day 13
• Pillars: 乙巳 · 己丑 · 乙巳
• Zodiac: Snake
• Day officer: Settle
• Attending spirit: Jade Hall · Yellow Path · Auspicious
• Sha direction: East
• Lunar mansion: Willow · Inauspicious

Suitable

Marriage, Engagement, Betrothal gifts, Meet relatives, Worship, Install machinery, Relocation, Move in, Roof a house, Install bed, Lay foundation, Set foundation stones, Install incense, Move stove fire, Hang plaque, Dismantle, Buy property

Unsuitable

Open business, Travel, Burial, Funeral rites

Spirits of the day

• Auspicious spirits: Heavenly Virtue Combine, Monthly Virtue Combine, Four Ministers, Triple Harmony, Hour Yin, Six Instruments, Jade Hall
• Inauspicious spirits: 厌对, 招摇, Death Qi, Nine Pits, Nine Scorches, Double Day

Directions

• Joy spirit: Northwest
• Wealth spirit: Northeast
• Fortune spirit: Southwest

The twelve double hours

The almanac follows the date-selection system of the Xieji Bianfang Shu, in which the reading of a day is built up from its stems and branches, its day officer and the spirits attending it. Editions differ in what they include. This page presents the calculation, not advice.