Chinese Almanac for 2026-02-01
2026-02-01 is Lunar month 12, day 14 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Wu day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-02-01 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 14 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Trim nails (整手足甲)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Open for business (开市)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Install a door (安门)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Reverent Peace (敬安), Untying Spirit (解神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Harm (月害), Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Minor Depletion (小耗), Four Wastes (四废), Five Voids (五虚), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Geng Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-02-01 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 14 on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar.
What should be avoided on this day?
Traditional almanac sources list the items under Inauspicious for (忌) above as activities best avoided on this day.
Which zodiac year is this day in?
2026-02-01 falls in the Yi Si year, the year of the Snake.
Solar terms: astronomical calculation. Daily do's and don'ts, auspicious/inauspicious spirits, clashes, and Peng Zu's taboos: Xieji Bianfangshu (协纪辨方书) tradition, as encoded in lunar-typescript · Last updated 2026-09-11