Chinese Almanac for 2026-05-23
2026-05-23 is Lunar month 4, day 7 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding You day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-05-23 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 4, day 7 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Travel (出行)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay foundation stones (定磉)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Get a haircut (理发)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
People's Day (民日), Triple Harmony (三合), Hour's Yin (时阴), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Essential Peace (要安), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Dead Energy (死气), Five Separations (五离), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Xin Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-05-23 corresponds to Lunar month 4, day 7 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?
2026-05-23 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