Chinese Almanac for 2026-08-06
2026-08-06 is Lunar month 6, day 24 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Zi day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-08-06 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 24 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Break ground (动土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Golden Hall (金堂), Untying Spirit (解神), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Harm (月害), Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Minor Depletion (小耗), Four Wastes (四废), Five Voids (五虚), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Return Taboo (归忌), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Bing Wu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
Zi (Rat) day: traditionally, diviners are not consulted, as it is said doing so brings calamity on oneself.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-08-06 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 24 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?
2026-08-06 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