Chinese Almanac for 2026-06-02

2026-06-02 is Lunar month 4, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Wei day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2026-06-02
Lunar date Lunar month 4, day 17
Year (Ganzhi) Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse)
Month (Ganzhi) Gui (Yin Water) Si (Snake)
Day (Ganzhi) Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat)
Year zodiac Horse

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
  • Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
  • Visit friends and family (会亲友)
  • Install machinery (安机械)
  • Make fishing nets (结网)
  • Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Pray for offspring (求嗣)
  • Welcome new household members (进人口)
  • Set up a loom (经络)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Open for business (开市)
  • Build the stove (作灶)
  • Break ground (动土)
  • Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

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), Eight Specialization (八专), Resolved Wrongs (了戾), Yin Error (阴错)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Ox (Xin Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West 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.

Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.

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?

2026-06-02 corresponds to Lunar month 4, day 17 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?

2026-06-02 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