Chinese Almanac for 2026-02-16 (Monday)
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 29
- Pillars: 乙巳 · 庚寅 · 辛酉
- Zodiac: Snake
- Day officer: Danger
- Attending spirit: Black Tortoise · Black Path · Inauspicious
- Sha direction: East
- Lunar mansion: Rooftop · Inauspicious
- Festival: New Year's Eve
Suitable
Worship, Taoist ritual, Bathing, Prepare living tomb, End mourning, Don mourning, Move coffin, Encoffining, Break burial ground, Burial, Make coffin
Unsuitable
Open business, Marriage, Install bed, Meet relatives, Move in, Build stove, Raise beam
Spirits of the day
- Auspicious spirits: Monthly Virtue Combine, Yin Virtue, Fortune Birth, Removal Deity, Crow and Bark
- Inauspicious spirits: Heavenly Official, 致死, Four Wastes, Five Voids, Five Separations, Black Tortoise, 三阴
Directions
- Joy spirit: Southwest
- Wealth spirit: Due East
- Fortune spirit: Northwest
The twelve double hours
| Hour | Pillar | Spirit | Fortune | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | Marriage, Relocation, Move in, Open business |
| 丑 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Gou Chen | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 寅 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Azure Dragon | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, 订婚, Marriage, Install bed |
| 卯 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Bright Hall | Auspicious | None |
| 辰 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage, Travel |
| 巳 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Vermilion Bird | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage, 求财 |
| 午 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Golden Chest | Auspicious | Worship, Pray for fortune, Thank deities, Travel |
| 未 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Heavenly Virtue | Auspicious | Worship, Pray for fortune, Taoist ritual, Thank deities |
| 申 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage, Travel |
| 酉 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Jade Hall | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Travel, 求财 |
| 戌 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | 见贵, 求财, Marriage, Add household members |
| 亥 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Black Tortoise | Inauspicious | 见贵, 求财, Marriage, Move in |
| 子 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, Marriage, Relocation, Move in |