Chinese Almanac for 2026-12-20 (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 11, day 12
- Pillars: 丙午 · 庚子 · 戊辰
- Zodiac: Horse
- Day officer: Settle
- Attending spirit: Heavenly Prison · Black Path · Inauspicious
- Sha direction: South
- Lunar mansion: Emptiness · Inauspicious
Suitable
Betrothal gifts, Engagement, Worship, Pray for fortune, Consecration, Install incense, Move stove fire, Travel, Meet relatives, Install machinery, Construction, Break ground, Erect pillars, Raise beam, Roof a house, Lay foundation, Set foundation stones, Install bed, Install door, Dismantle, Relocation, Build bridge, Build boat, Burial, Break burial ground, Encoffining
Unsuitable
Open business, Build temple, Buy property, Dig well
Spirits of the day
- Auspicious spirits: Heavenly Grace, Triple Harmony, Approach Day, Hour Yin, Heavenly Granary, Sacred Heart
- Inauspicious spirits: Death Qi, Heavenly Prison
Directions
- Joy spirit: Southeast
- Wealth spirit: Due North
- Fortune spirit: Northeast
The twelve double hours
| Hour | Pillar | Spirit | Fortune | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | Heavenly Prison | Inauspicious | Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage, Seek wealth |
| 丑 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Black Tortoise | Inauspicious | Thank deities, Seek wealth, Meet a patron, Engagement |
| 寅 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Director of Destiny | Auspicious | Seek offspring, Marriage, Relocation, Move in |
| 卯 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Gou Chen | Inauspicious | Seek wealth, Meet a patron |
| 辰 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Azure Dragon | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage |
| 巳 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Bright Hall | Auspicious | Take office, Travel, Seek wealth, Meet a patron |
| 午 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Heavenly Punishment | Inauspicious | Construction, Burial, Travel, Seek wealth |
| 未 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Vermilion Bird | Inauspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Travel, Move in |
| 申 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Golden Chest | Auspicious | Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage |
| 酉 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Heavenly Virtue | Auspicious | Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage, Travel |
| 戌 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | None |
| 亥 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Jade Hall | Auspicious | Construction, Roof a house, Relocation, Install bed |
| 子 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | White Tiger | Inauspicious | Worship, Pray for fortune, Thank deities, Travel |