Chinese Almanac for 2026-02-08
2026-02-08 is Lunar month 12, day 21 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Chou day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-02-08 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 21 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Yin (Tiger) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Chou (Ox) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Make bed curtains (合帐)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- File a lawsuit (词讼)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Continuing Generations (续世), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Blood Branch (血支), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Return Taboo (归忌), Blood Taboo (血忌), Eight Specialization (八专), Water Dragon Contact (触水龙)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Goat (Ding Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.
Chou (Ox) day: traditionally, a capping ceremony is not held, as it is said the honoree will not return home.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | East |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-02-08 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 21 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?
2026-02-08 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