Chinese Almanac for 2026-07-22
2026-07-22 is Lunar month 6, day 9 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding You day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-07-22 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 9 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Build a cart or tool (造车器)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Plant (栽种)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
People's Day (民日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Heaven's Granary (天仓), 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 (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?
2026-07-22 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 9 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?
2026-07-22 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