Chinese Almanac for 2026-07-05
2026-07-05 is Lunar month 5, day 21 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Chen day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-07-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 21 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Wu (Horse) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Seek medical treatment (求医)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Build a grave in advance while living (开生坟)
- Make a coffin (合寿木)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Make bed curtains (合帐)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Hour's Virtue (时德), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Essential Peace (要安)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Five Voids (五虚), Nine Voids (九空), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Jia Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South 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.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-07-05 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 21 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?
2026-07-05 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