Chinese Almanac for 2026-04-05
2026-04-05 is Lunar month 2, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji You day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-04-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
| Solar term today | Qingming (Clear and Bright) |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Install a door (安门)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Open for business (开市)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Trade (交易)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Six Harmony (六合), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Universal Protection (普护), Removing Spirit (除神), Precious Light (宝光), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Minor Depletion (小耗), Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Gui Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ji (Yin Earth) day: traditionally, contracts are not torn up, as it is said both parties will suffer loss.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-04-05 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 18 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?
2026-04-05 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