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Chinese Almanac for May 16, 2026Saturday
Lunar 3/30 · Bing-Wu year · Gui-Si month · Geng-Yin day · Year of the Horse
Do's & don'tsHeavenly Prison · inauspicious day · day officer “Gather” · clashes with Jia-Shen (Monkey) · ill-omened direction: north
DoCleansing & clearing · Travel · Betrothal gifts · Coming-of-age rites · Raising pillars · Raising the ridgepole · Moving house · Building a stove · Adopting / hiring help · Moving into a new home · Buying livestock · Raising livestock
AvoidAncestral offerings · Felling trees · Setting up scaffolding · Setting up a bed · Repairs & building · Groundbreaking · Burials · Repairing graves · Breaking ground (graves)
About this day
- Guardian spirit
- Heavenly Prison · inauspicious day
- Day officer
- Gather
- Clash
- Jia-Shen (Monkey) · north
- Lucky directions
- Wealth god: east · Joy god: northwest · Fortune god: southwest
- Solar term · pentad
- Start of Summer · 王瓜生
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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