Chinese Almanac for 2026-11-26
2026-11-26 is Lunar month 10, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Chen day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-11-26 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 10, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Break ground (动土)
- Install a door (安门)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Four Images (四相), Yang Virtue (阳德), Untying Spirit (解神), Kitchen God (司命)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Minor Depletion (小耗), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Earth Talisman (土符)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Wu Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
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) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-11-26 corresponds to Lunar month 10, day 18 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?
2026-11-26 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