Chinese Almanac for 2026-10-23 (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 9, day 14
- Pillars: 丙午 · 戊戌 · 庚午
- Zodiac: Horse
- Day officer: Success
- Attending spirit: Heavenly Punishment · Black Path · Inauspicious
- Sha direction: North
- Lunar mansion: Ox · Inauspicious
Suitable
Marriage, Betrothal gifts, Engagement, Open business, Trade, Sign contract, Hang plaque, Worship, Pray for fortune, Consecration, Make vehicles, Travel, Move in, Relocation, Install bed, Install door, Dismantle, Construction, Break ground, Planting, Burial, Break burial ground, Open tomb, End mourning, Don mourning, Encoffining, Erect stele
Unsuitable
Visit the sick, Acquire livestock, Logging, Lay foundation, Make beams, Roof a house
Spirits of the day
- Auspicious spirits: Monthly Grace, Triple Harmony, Heavenly Joy, Heavenly Doctor, Heavenly Granary, Bu Jiang, Essential Peace, Crow and Bark
- Inauspicious spirits: Heavenly Punishment
Directions
- Joy spirit: Northwest
- Wealth spirit: Due East
- Fortune spirit: Southwest
The twelve double hours
| Hour | Pillar | Spirit | Fortune | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 00:00–00:59 | 丙子 | Golden Chest | Auspicious | None |
| 丑 01:00–02:59 | 丁丑 | Heavenly Virtue | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Travel, 求财 |
| 寅 03:00–04:59 | 戊寅 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | 订婚, Marriage, Travel, 求财 |
| 卯 05:00–06:59 | 己卯 | Jade Hall | Auspicious | Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage, Construction |
| 辰 07:00–08:59 | 庚辰 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | Worship, Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Taoist ritual |
| 巳 09:00–10:59 | 辛巳 | Black Tortoise | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, Marriage, Relocation, Move in |
| 午 11:00–12:59 | 壬午 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | Thank deities, 订婚, Marriage, 求财 |
| 未 13:00–14:59 | 癸未 | Gou Chen | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage, 求财 |
| 申 15:00–16:59 | 甲申 | Azure Dragon | Auspicious | Take office, Travel, 求财, 见贵 |
| 酉 17:00–18:59 | 乙酉 | Bright Hall | Auspicious | Seek offspring, Marriage, Relocation, Move in |
| 戌 19:00–20:59 | 丙戌 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 亥 21:00–22:59 | 丁亥 | Vermilion Bird | Inauspicious | Construction, Move in, Burial, 见贵 |
| 子 23:00–23:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Marriage, Relocation, Move in, Open business |