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Chinese Almanac for January 16, 2026Friday
Lunar 11/28 · Yi-Si year · Ji-Chou month · Geng-Yin day · Year of the Snake
Do's & don'tsGolden Coffer · auspicious day · day officer “Remove” · clashes with Jia-Shen (Monkey) · ill-omened direction: north
DoRitual bathing · Sculpting & painting icons · Consecrating statues · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Opening a business · Trading · Signing contracts · Receiving money · Laying foundations · Groundbreaking · Setting pillar bases · Releasing water · Burials · Breaking ground (graves) · Exhuming for reburial · Repairing graves · Erecting a tombstone · Moving a coffin
AvoidMoving into a new home · Installing doors · Ancestral offerings · Thanking the earth
About this day
- Guardian spirit
- Golden Coffer · auspicious day
- Day officer
- Remove
- Clash
- Jia-Shen (Monkey) · north
- Lucky directions
- Wealth god: east · Joy god: northwest · Fortune god: southwest
- Solar term · pentad
- Minor Cold · 雉始雊
The twelve double-hours
| Hour | Time | Luck | Clashes with |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bing-Zi · Zi hour | 23:00–00:59 | good · Azure Dragon | Geng-Wu (Horse) |
| Ding-Chou · Chou hour | 01:00–02:59 | good · Bright Hall | Xin-Wei (Goat) |
| Wu-Yin · Yin hour | 03:00–04:59 | poor · Heavenly Punishment | Ren-Shen (Monkey) |
| Ji-Mao · Mao hour | 05:00–06:59 | poor · Vermilion Bird | Gui-You (Rooster) |
| Geng-Chen · Chen hour | 07:00–08:59 | good · Golden Coffer | Jia-Xu (Dog) |
| Xin-Si · Si hour | 09:00–10:59 | good · Heavenly Virtue | Yi-Hai (Pig) |
| Ren-Wu · Wu hour | 11:00–12:59 | poor · White Tiger | Bing-Zi (Rat) |
| Gui-Wei · Wei hour | 13:00–14:59 | good · Jade Hall | Ding-Chou (Ox) |
| Jia-Shen · Shen hour | 15:00–16:59 | poor · Heavenly Prison | Wu-Yin (Tiger) |
| Yi-You · You hour | 17:00–18:59 | poor · Black Tortoise | Ji-Mao (Rabbit) |
| Bing-Xu · Xu hour | 19:00–20:59 | good · Keeper of Fate | Geng-Chen (Dragon) |
| Ding-Hai · Hai hour | 21:00–22:59 | poor · Coiled Serpent | Xin-Si (Snake) |
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