Chinese Almanac for 2026-05-14 (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 28
- Pillars: 丙午 · 癸巳 · 戊子
- Zodiac: Horse
- Day officer: Danger
- Attending spirit: White Tiger · Black Path · Inauspicious
- Sha direction: South
- Lunar mansion: Legs · Inauspicious
Suitable
Betrothal gifts, Engagement, Marriage, Make vehicles, Worship, Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Consecration, Move stove fire, Dismantle, Construction, Break ground, Add household members, Hang plaque, Move in, Relocation, Install bed, Planting, Encoffining, Break burial ground, Burial, End mourning, Don mourning
Unsuitable
Open business, Sign contract
Spirits of the day
- Auspicious spirits: Four Ministers, Heavenly Horse, Bu Jiang
- Inauspicious spirits: Heavenly Official, 致死, Five Voids, White Tiger
Directions
- Joy spirit: Southeast
- Wealth spirit: Due North
- Fortune spirit: Northeast
The twelve double hours
| Hour | Pillar | Spirit | Fortune | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Golden Chest | Auspicious | 求财, 见贵, Worship, Thank deities |
| 丑 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Auspicious | Construction, Burial, 求财, 见贵 |
| 寅 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 卯 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Jade Hall | Auspicious | Worship, Pray for fortune, Join roof ridge, Marriage |
| 辰 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | None |
| 巳 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Black Tortoise | Inauspicious | 求财, 见贵, 订婚, Marriage |
| 午 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 未 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Gou Chen | Inauspicious | 见贵, 求财, Marriage, Add household members |
| 申 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Azure Dragon | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 酉 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Bright Hall | Auspicious | Construction, Move in, Burial, Travel |
| 戌 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Worship, Taoist ritual, 订婚, Marriage |
| 亥 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Vermilion Bird | Inauspicious | Roof a house, Relocation, Install bed, Move in |
| 子 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Take office, Travel, 求财, Marriage |