Chinese Almanac for 2026-07-10
2026-07-10 is Lunar month 5, day 26 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi You day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-07-10 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 26 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Open for business (开市)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Break ground (动土)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Plant (栽种)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
People's Day (民日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Continuing Generations (续世), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Blood Taboo (血忌), Five Separations (五离), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Ji Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
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?
2026-07-10 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 26 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?
2026-07-10 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