Chinese Almanac for 2026-09-19
2026-09-19 is Lunar month 8, day 9 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Shen day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-09-19 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 9 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Set up a frame (架马)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Install a door (安门)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Make a coffin (合寿木)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Open for business (开市)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Break ground (动土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
King's Day (王日), Heavenly Horse (天马), Five Riches (五富), Sacred Heart (圣心), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Blood Branch (血支), Earth Pouch (地囊), Five Separations (五离), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Geng Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-09-19 corresponds to Lunar month 8, 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?
2026-09-19 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