Chinese Almanac for 2026-03-31
2026-03-31 is Lunar month 2, day 13 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Chen day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 13 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
- Install a door (安门)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Guarding Day (守日), Auspicious Period (吉期)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Harm (月害), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Wu Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-03-31 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 13 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?
2026-03-31 falls in the Bing Wu year, the year of the Horse.
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