Chinese Almanac for 2026-05-29 (Friday)

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 4, day 13
• Pillars: 丙午 · 癸巳 · 癸卯
• Zodiac: Horse
• Day officer: Open
• Attending spirit: Black Tortoise · Black Path · Inauspicious
• Sha direction: West
• Lunar mansion: Neck · Inauspicious

Suitable

Worship, Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Consecration, Betrothal gifts, Engagement, Marriage, Travel, Break ground, Break burial ground, Meet relatives, Open business, Trade, Sign contract, Learn a craft, Dismantle, Lay foundation, Install mill, Release water, Dig pond, Build warehouse, Dig canal, Planting, Earth thanksgiving, Open tomb, Repair tomb, Erect stele

Unsuitable

Move in, Install door, Burial

Spirits of the day

• Auspicious spirits: Mother Granary, Yin Virtue, Hour Yang, Life Qi, Universal Protection, Five Harmony, Crow-Bark Pair
• Inauspicious spirits: Disaster Sha, Heavenly Fire, Black Tortoise

Directions

• Joy spirit: Southeast
• Wealth spirit: Due South
• Fortune spirit: Northeast

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.