Chinese Almanac for 2026-09-17
2026-09-17 is Lunar month 8, day 7 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Wu day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-09-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 7 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open a warehouse (开仓)
- Sell goods (出货财)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Open for business (开市)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Plant (栽种)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Blessing Birth (福生), Golden Chest (金匮), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Wu Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-09-17 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 7 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?
2026-09-17 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