Chinese Almanac for 2026-12-02
2026-12-02 is Lunar month 10, day 24 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Xu day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-12-02 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 10, day 24 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Xu (Dog) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue Combination (天德合), Month Void (月空), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Golden Chest (金匮)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Blood Branch (血支), Five Voids (五虚)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dragon (Jia Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Geng (Yang Metal) day: traditionally, looms are not set up, as it is said the work will come to nothing.
Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-12-02 corresponds to Lunar month 10, day 24 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?
2026-12-02 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