Chinese Almanac for 2026-07-29 (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 6, day 16
• Pillars: 丙午 · 乙未 · 甲辰
• Zodiac: Horse
• Day officer: Harvest
• Attending spirit: White Tiger · Black Path · Inauspicious
• Sha direction: South
• Lunar mansion: Winnowing Basket · Auspicious

Suitable

Betrothal gifts, Engagement, Marriage, Relocation, Move in, Travel, Worship, Pray for fortune, Taoist ritual, Sculpture/painting, Consecration, Install incense, Move stove fire, Meet relatives, Removal of ills, Start school, Erect pillars, Raise beam, Dismantle, Roof a house, Lay foundation, Planting, Livestock, Acquire livestock

Unsuitable

Burial, Break burial ground, Open business, Open warehouse, Ship goods, Open tomb

Spirits of the day

• Auspicious spirits: Heavenly Virtue, Monthly Virtue, Hour Virtue, Heavenly Horse, Universal Protection
• Inauspicious spirits: Heavenly Gang, Five Voids, 八风, White Tiger

Directions

• Joy spirit: Northeast
• Wealth spirit: Northeast
• Fortune spirit: Due North

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.