Chinese Almanac for 2026-04-22 (Wednesday)

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 3, day 6
• Pillars: 丙午 · 壬辰 · 丙寅
• Zodiac: Horse
• Day officer: Open
• Attending spirit: Director of Destiny · Yellow Path · Auspicious
• Sha direction: North
• Lunar mansion: Three Stars · Auspicious

Suitable

Install incense, Move stove fire, Betrothal gifts, Engagement, Marriage, Open business, Sign contract, Trade, Hang plaque, Consecration, Travel, Removal of ills, Install bed, Planting, Buy property, Dismantle, Construction, Break ground

Unsuitable

Build stove, Burial, Worship, Encoffining

Spirits of the day

• Auspicious spirits: Monthly Void, Heavenly Grace, Four Ministers, Yang Virtue, King Day, Post Horse, Heavenly Empress, Hour Yang, Life Qi, Six Instruments, Continue Lineage, Five Harmony, Director of Destiny, Crow-Bark Pair
• Inauspicious spirits: 厌对, 招摇, Blood Taboo

Directions

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

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.