Chinese Almanac for 2026-05-21
2026-05-21 is Lunar month 4, day 5 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Wei day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-05-21 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 4, day 5 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
| Solar term today | Grain Buds |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Build a warehouse (造仓)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Plant (栽种)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Travel (出行)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Guarding Day (守日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Nine Voids (九空), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Great Havoc (大煞), Ruthless Conduct (行狠)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Ji Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-05-21 corresponds to Lunar month 4, day 5 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?
2026-05-21 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