Chinese Almanac for 2026-04-14
2026-04-14 is Lunar month 2, day 27 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Wu day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-04-14 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 27 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Trade (交易)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Open for business (开市)
- Set up a bed (安床)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Hour's Virtue (时德), People's Day (民日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Great Havoc (大煞), Repeat Day (复日), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Ren Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Wu (Yang Earth) day: traditionally, land is not accepted, as it is said to be inauspicious for the landowner.
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) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-04-14 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 27 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?
2026-04-14 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