Chinese Almanac for 2026-12-01
2026-12-01 is Lunar month 10, day 23 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji You day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-12-01 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 10, day 23 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Open for business (开市)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Travel (出行)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Ask the bride's name (问名)
- Start school (入学)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Lay foundation stones (定磉)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Dig a canal (开渠)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Sacred Heart (圣心), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Five Separations (五离), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Gui Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ji (Yin Earth) day: traditionally, contracts are not torn up, as it is said both parties will suffer loss.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-12-01 corresponds to Lunar month 10, day 23 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?
2026-12-01 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