Chinese Almanac for 2026-12-18 (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 11, day 10
- Pillars: 丙午 · 庚子 · 丙寅
- Zodiac: Horse
- Day officer: Full
- Attending spirit: White Tiger · Black Path · Inauspicious
- Sha direction: North
- Lunar mansion: Ox · Inauspicious
Suitable
Betrothal gifts, Engagement, Open business, Trade, Sign contract, Travel, Meet relatives, Install machinery, Erect pillars, Raise beam, Level roads, Logging, Dismantle, Roof a house, Lay foundation, Install bed, Install door, Removal of ills, Burial, Open tomb, End mourning, Don mourning, Repair tomb, Erect stele, Move coffin, Encoffining
Unsuitable
Marriage, Break ground, Break burial ground, Pray for fortune, Move stove fire, Move in
Spirits of the day
- Auspicious spirits: Monthly Void, Heavenly Grace, Hour Virtue, Minister Day, Post Horse, Heavenly Empress, Heavenly Horse, Heavenly Shaman, Fortune Virtue, Fortune Birth, Five Harmony, Crow-Bark Pair
- Inauspicious spirits: Five Voids, Return Taboo, White Tiger
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 | Azure Dragon | Auspicious | Take office, Travel, 求财, 见贵 |
| 丑 01:00–02:59 | 己丑 | Bright Hall | Auspicious | Construction, Roof a house, Relocation, Build stove |
| 寅 03:00–04:59 | 庚寅 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, Marriage, Relocation, Move in |
| 卯 05:00–06:59 | 辛卯 | Vermilion Bird | Inauspicious | Take office, Travel, 求财, Marriage |
| 辰 07:00–08:59 | 壬辰 | Golden Chest | Auspicious | 订婚, Marriage, Open business, Burial |
| 巳 09:00–10:59 | 癸巳 | Heavenly Virtue | Auspicious | 求财, 见贵, 订婚, Marriage |
| 午 11:00–12:59 | 甲午 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 未 13:00–14:59 | 乙未 | Jade Hall | Auspicious | Construction, Roof a house, Relocation, Install bed |
| 申 15:00–16:59 | 丙申 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | None |
| 酉 17:00–18:59 | 丁酉 | Black Tortoise | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 戌 19:00–20:59 | 戊戌 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | 订婚, Marriage, Travel, 求财 |
| 亥 21:00–22:59 | 己亥 | Gou Chen | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, 订婚, Marriage |
| 子 23:00–23:59 | 庚子 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | Build stove, Worship, Pray for fortune, Taoist ritual |