Chinese Almanac for 2026-06-30
2026-06-30 is Lunar month 5, day 16 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Hai day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-06-30 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 16 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Wu (Horse) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Hai (Pig) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Travel (出行)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Lay foundation stones (定磉)
- Install a door (安门)
- Dig a pond (开池)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Make a coffin (合寿木)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Five Riches (五富), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Blessing Birth (福生)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Robbery Star (劫煞), Minor Depletion (小耗), Double Day (重日), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Snake (Ji Si 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.
Hai (Pig) day: traditionally, marriages are not held, as it is said it will be unlucky for the groom.
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?
2026-06-30 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 16 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?
2026-06-30 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