Chinese Almanac for 2026-05-16
2026-05-16 is Lunar month 3, day 30 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Yin day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-05-16 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 30 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Travel (出行)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Move house (移徙)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Set up a frame (架马)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Mother's Granary (母仓), Reverent Peace (敬安), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Robbery Star (劫煞), Month Harm (月害), Earth Talisman (土符), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Jia Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Geng (Yang Metal) day: traditionally, looms are not set up, as it is said the work will come to nothing.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-05-16 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 30 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?
2026-05-16 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