Chinese Almanac for 2026-10-21
2026-10-21 is Lunar month 9, day 12 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Chen day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-10-21 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 12 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Demolish a house (破屋)
- Demolish a wall (坏垣)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Travel (出行)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Untying Spirit (解神), Azure Dragon (青龙)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Breaker (月破), Great Depletion (大耗), Four Strikes (四击), Five Graves (五墓), Nine Voids (九空), Departure and Loss (往亡), Repeat Day (复日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Ren Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Wu (Yang Earth) day: traditionally, land is not accepted, as it is said to be inauspicious for the landowner.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-10-21 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 12 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?
2026-10-21 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