Chinese Almanac for 2026-12-08 (Tuesday)
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 10, day 30
- Pillars: 丙午 · 庚子 · 丙辰
- Zodiac: Horse
- Day officer: Settle
- Attending spirit: Heavenly Prison · Black Path · Inauspicious
- Sha direction: South
- Lunar mansion: Wings · Inauspicious
Suitable
Move in, Install bed, Consecration, Worship, Move stove fire, Dismantle, Break ground, Hang plaque, Encoffining, Break burial ground, Burial, Acquire livestock
Unsuitable
Marriage, Open business, Build stove, Buy property, Make beams, Logging
Spirits of the day
- Auspicious spirits: Monthly Void, Triple Harmony, Approach Day, Hour Yin, Heavenly Granary, Sacred Heart
- Inauspicious spirits: Death Qi, Heavenly Prison
Directions
- Joy spirit: Southwest
- Wealth spirit: Southwest
- Fortune spirit: Northwest
The twelve double hours
| Hour | Pillar | Spirit | Fortune | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 00:00–00:59 | 戊子 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | Engagement, Marriage, Seek wealth, Open business |
| 丑 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Black Tortoise | Inauspicious | Burial, Seek wealth, Meet a patron, Marriage |
| 寅 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | Seek offspring, Marriage, Relocation, Move in |
| 卯 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Gou Chen | Inauspicious | None |
| 辰 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Azure Dragon | Auspicious | Engagement, Marriage, Install bed, Relocation |
| 巳 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Bright Hall | Auspicious | Construction, Roof a house, Relocation, Build stove |
| 午 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, Marriage, Relocation, Move in |
| 未 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Vermilion Bird | Inauspicious | Take office, Meet a patron, Seek wealth, Travel |
| 申 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Golden Chest | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage |
| 酉 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage |
| 戌 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | None |
| 亥 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Jade Hall | Auspicious | Roof a house, Relocation, Install bed, Move in |
| 子 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | Marriage, Relocation, Open business, Burial |