Chinese Almanac for 2026-09-02 (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 7, day 21
• Pillars: 丙午 · 丙申 · 己卯
• Zodiac: Horse
• Day officer: Danger
• Attending spirit: Vermilion Bird · Black Path · Inauspicious
• Sha direction: West
• Lunar mansion: Wall · Auspicious

Suitable

Engagement, Betrothal gifts, Worship, Pray for fortune, Install incense, Move stove fire, Open business, Sign contract, Move in, Hang plaque, Build bridge, Open tomb, Burial

Unsuitable

Break ground, Break burial ground, Marriage, Dig well, Install bed

Spirits of the day

• Auspicious spirits: Heavenly Grace, Benefit Descendants, Five Harmony
• Inauspicious spirits: Heavenly Official, 致死, Five Voids, Earth Talisman, Vermilion Bird

Directions

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