Chinese Almanac for 2026-02-28 (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 1, day 12
- Pillars: 丙午 · 庚寅 · 癸酉
- Zodiac: Horse
- Day officer: Danger
- Attending spirit: Black Tortoise · Black Path · Inauspicious
- Sha direction: East
- Lunar mansion: Willow · Inauspicious
Suitable
Betrothal gifts, Engagement, Worship, Pray for fortune, Install incense, Move stove fire, Construction, Travel, Open business, Relocation, Move in, Break ground, Burial, Break burial ground
Unsuitable
Install bed, Build stove, Build boat, Meet relatives
Spirits of the day
- Auspicious spirits: Yin Virtue, Fortune Birth, Removal Deity, Crow and Bark
- Inauspicious spirits: Heavenly Official, 致死, Five Voids, Five Separations, Black Tortoise
Directions
- Joy spirit: Southeast
- Wealth spirit: Due South
- Fortune spirit: Northeast
The twelve double hours
| Hour | Pillar | Spirit | Fortune | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | Seek wealth, Meet a patron, Engagement, Marriage |
| 丑 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Gou Chen | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage, Seek wealth |
| 寅 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Azure Dragon | Auspicious | Engagement, Marriage, Install bed, Relocation |
| 卯 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Bright Hall | Auspicious | None |
| 辰 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage |
| 巳 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Vermilion Bird | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Travel, Seek wealth |
| 午 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Golden Chest | Auspicious | Engagement, Marriage, Open business, Burial |
| 未 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Heavenly Virtue | Auspicious | Worship, Pray for fortune, Taoist ritual, Thank deities |
| 申 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | Take office, Travel, Seek wealth, Meet a patron |
| 酉 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Jade Hall | Auspicious | Construction, Roof a house, Relocation, Install bed |
| 戌 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | Meet a patron, Seek wealth, Marriage, Add household members |
| 亥 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Black Tortoise | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, Marriage, Relocation, Move in |
| 子 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage |