Chinese Almanac for 2026-04-23 (Thursday)
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 7
- Pillars: 丙午 · 壬辰 · 丁卯
- Zodiac: Horse
- Day officer: Close
- Attending spirit: Gou Chen · Black Path · Inauspicious
- Sha direction: West
- Lunar mansion: Well · Auspicious
Suitable
Worship, Travel, Construction, Break ground, Make bed curtains, Build livestock pen, Install bed, Relocation, Encoffining, Move coffin, Break burial ground, Open tomb, Burial, Prepare living tomb, Make coffin, Repair walls, Seal holes
Unsuitable
Move in, Build stove, Haircut, Consecration, Install door
Spirits of the day
- Auspicious spirits: Heavenly Virtue Combine, Monthly Virtue Combine, Heavenly Grace, Four Ministers, Official Day, Essential Peace, Five Harmony, Crow-Bark Pair
- Inauspicious spirits: Month Harm, Heavenly Official, 致死, Blood Branch, Gou Chen
Directions
- Joy spirit: Due South
- Wealth spirit: Southwest
- Fortune spirit: Southeast
The twelve double hours
| Hour | Pillar | Spirit | Fortune | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 00:00–00:59 | 庚子 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | Build stove, Worship, Pray for fortune, Taoist ritual |
| 丑 01:00–02:59 | 辛丑 | Gou Chen | Inauspicious | 见贵, 求财, Marriage, Add household members |
| 寅 03:00–04:59 | 壬寅 | Azure Dragon | Auspicious | 订婚, Marriage, Install bed, Relocation |
| 卯 05:00–06:59 | 癸卯 | Bright Hall | Auspicious | Construction, Roof a house, Relocation, Build stove |
| 辰 07:00–08:59 | 甲辰 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Worship, Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Taoist ritual |
| 巳 09:00–10:59 | 乙巳 | Vermilion Bird | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, Marriage, Relocation, Move in |
| 午 11:00–12:59 | 丙午 | Golden Chest | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 未 13:00–14:59 | 丁未 | Heavenly Virtue | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 申 15:00–16:59 | 戊申 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | Move in, Construction, Burial, Worship |
| 酉 17:00–18:59 | 己酉 | Jade Hall | Auspicious | None |
| 戌 19:00–20:59 | 庚戌 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 亥 21:00–22:59 | 辛亥 | Black Tortoise | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 子 23:00–23:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage, 求财 |