Libo

Chinese Almanac for 2026-09-11 (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 8, day 1
  • Pillars: 丙午 · 丁酉 · 戊子
  • Zodiac: Horse
  • Day officer: Level
  • Attending spirit: Director of Destiny · Yellow Path · Auspicious
  • Sha direction: South
  • Lunar mansion: Ghost · Inauspicious

Suitable

Worship, Bathing, Decorate walls, Level roads, Avoid other matters

Unsuitable

Nothing auspicious

Spirits of the day

  • Auspicious spirits: Hour Virtue, Yang Virtue, People Day, Jade Universe, Director of Destiny
  • Inauspicious spirits: River Chief, Death Deity, Heavenly Official, 致死, Going to Death

Directions

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

The twelve double hours

HourPillarSpiritFortuneSuitable for
子 00:00–00:59壬子Golden ChestAuspiciousSeek wealth, Meet a patron, Worship, Thank deities
丑 01:00–02:59癸丑Heavenly VirtueAuspiciousConstruction, Burial, Seek wealth, Meet a patron
寅 03:00–04:59甲寅White TigerInauspiciousPray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage
卯 05:00–06:59乙卯Jade HallAuspiciousWorship, Pray for fortune, Join roof ridge, Marriage
辰 07:00–08:59丙辰Heavenly PrisonInauspiciousNone
巳 09:00–10:59丁巳Black TortoiseInauspiciousSeek wealth, Meet a patron, Engagement, Marriage
午 11:00–12:59戊午Director of DestinyAuspiciousPray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage
未 13:00–14:59己未Gou ChenInauspiciousMeet a patron, Seek wealth, Marriage, Add household members
申 15:00–16:59庚申Azure DragonAuspiciousPray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage
酉 17:00–18:59辛酉Bright HallAuspiciousConstruction, Move in, Burial, Travel
戌 19:00–20:59壬戌Heavenly PunishmentInauspiciousWorship, Taoist ritual, Engagement, Marriage
亥 21:00–22:59癸亥Vermilion BirdInauspiciousRoof a house, Relocation, Install bed, Move in
子 23:00–23:59甲子Heavenly PunishmentInauspiciousTake office, Travel, Seek wealth, Marriage

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.