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Chinese Almanac for January 26, 2026Monday
Lunar 12/8 · Yi-Si year · Ji-Chou month · Geng-Zi day · Year of the Snake
Do's & don'tsHeavenly Punishment · inauspicious day · day officer “Close” · clashes with Jia-Wu (Horse) · ill-omened direction: south
DoAncestral offerings · Praying for blessings · Praying for children · Ritual bathing · Formal marriage inquiry · Trading · Receiving money · Encoffining · Moving a coffin · Burials · Repairing graves · Erecting a tombstone · Thanking the earth · Building animal pens · Training animals
AvoidMoving into a new home · Buying property · Weddings · Groundbreaking · Planting · Opening a business · Consecrating statues · Breaking ground (graves)
About this day
- Guardian spirit
- Heavenly Punishment · inauspicious day
- Day officer
- Close
- Clash
- Jia-Wu (Horse) · south
- Lucky directions
- Wealth god: east · Joy god: northwest · Fortune god: southwest
- Solar term · pentad
- Major Cold · 征鸟厉疾
The twelve double-hours
| Hour | Time | Luck | Clashes with |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bing-Zi · Zi hour | 23:00–00:59 | good · Golden Coffer | Geng-Wu (Horse) |
| Ding-Chou · Chou hour | 01:00–02:59 | good · Heavenly Virtue | Xin-Wei (Goat) |
| Wu-Yin · Yin hour | 03:00–04:59 | poor · White Tiger | Ren-Shen (Monkey) |
| Ji-Mao · Mao hour | 05:00–06:59 | good · Jade Hall | Gui-You (Rooster) |
| Geng-Chen · Chen hour | 07:00–08:59 | poor · Heavenly Prison | Jia-Xu (Dog) |
| Xin-Si · Si hour | 09:00–10:59 | poor · Black Tortoise | Yi-Hai (Pig) |
| Ren-Wu · Wu hour | 11:00–12:59 | good · Keeper of Fate | Bing-Zi (Rat) |
| Gui-Wei · Wei hour | 13:00–14:59 | poor · Coiled Serpent | Ding-Chou (Ox) |
| Jia-Shen · Shen hour | 15:00–16:59 | good · Azure Dragon | Wu-Yin (Tiger) |
| Yi-You · You hour | 17:00–18:59 | good · Bright Hall | Ji-Mao (Rabbit) |
| Bing-Xu · Xu hour | 19:00–20:59 | poor · Heavenly Punishment | Geng-Chen (Dragon) |
| Ding-Hai · Hai hour | 21:00–22:59 | poor · Vermilion Bird | Xin-Si (Snake) |
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