Chinese Almanac for 2026-09-27 (Sunday)
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 17
- Pillars: 丙午 · 丁酉 · 甲辰
- Zodiac: Horse
- Day officer: Danger
- Attending spirit: Heavenly Punishment · Black Path · Inauspicious
- Sha direction: South
- Lunar mansion: Emptiness · Inauspicious
Suitable
Marriage, Betrothal gifts, Engagement, Worship, Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Consecration, Travel, Move stove fire, Dismantle, Construction, Break ground, Add household members, Move in, Relocation, Install bed, Raise beam, Join roof ridge, Release water, Dig well, Break burial ground, Move coffin, Earth thanksgiving, End mourning, Don mourning
Unsuitable
Open business, Open warehouse, Install door, Burial
Spirits of the day
- Auspicious spirits: Monthly Void, Mother Granary, Six Harmony, Bu Jiang, Respectful Peace
- Inauspicious spirits: Month Sha, Month Void, Four Strikes, Heavenly Punishment
Directions
- Joy spirit: Northeast
- Wealth spirit: Northeast
- Fortune spirit: Due North
The twelve double hours
| Hour | Pillar | Spirit | Fortune | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 00:00–00:59 | 甲子 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, 订婚, Marriage, Install bed |
| 丑 01:00–02:59 | 乙丑 | Black Tortoise | Inauspicious | Construction, Roof a house, Relocation, Build stove |
| 寅 03:00–04:59 | 丙寅 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | None |
| 卯 05:00–06:59 | 丁卯 | Gou Chen | Inauspicious | Thank deities, 求财, 见贵, 订婚 |
| 辰 07:00–08:59 | 戊辰 | Azure Dragon | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, 订婚, Marriage, Open business |
| 巳 09:00–10:59 | 己巳 | Bright Hall | Auspicious | Travel, 求财, 见贵, 订婚 |
| 午 11:00–12:59 | 庚午 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 未 13:00–14:59 | 辛未 | Vermilion Bird | Inauspicious | Construction, Move in, Burial, Take office |
| 申 15:00–16:59 | 壬申 | Golden Chest | Auspicious | None |
| 酉 17:00–18:59 | 癸酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 戌 19:00–20:59 | 甲戌 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 亥 21:00–22:59 | 乙亥 | Jade Hall | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 求财, Marriage |
| 子 23:00–23:59 | 丙子 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | 求财, 见贵, 订婚, Marriage |