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MoZhu Almanac · daily do's & don'ts
Chinese Almanac for October 23, 2026Friday
Lunar 9/14 · Bing-Wu year · Wu-Xu month · Geng-Wu day · Year of the Horse
Do's & don'tsHeavenly Punishment · inauspicious day · day officer “Success” · clashes with Jia-Zi (Rat) · ill-omened direction: north
DoWeddings · Betrothal gifts · Making agreements · Opening a business · Trading · Signing contracts · Hanging a shop sign · Ancestral offerings · Praying for blessings · Consecrating statues · Making vehicles & tools · Travel · Moving into a new home · Moving house · Setting up a bed · Installing doors · Demolition · Repairs & building · Groundbreaking · Planting · Burials · Breaking ground (graves) · Exhuming for reburial · Ending mourning · Putting on mourning clothes · Encoffining · Erecting a tombstone
AvoidVisiting the sick · Buying livestock · Felling trees · Laying foundations · Making beams · Roofing
About this day
- Guardian spirit
- Heavenly Punishment · inauspicious day
- Day officer
- Success
- Clash
- Jia-Zi (Rat) · north
- Lucky directions
- Wealth god: east · Joy god: northwest · Fortune god: southwest
- Solar term · pentad
- Frost's Descent · 豺乃祭兽
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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Stems and branches, do's and don'ts, guardian spirits, day officers and clashes are calculated from the traditional calendar (Beijing time) — no AI. The almanac is traditional culture, for everyday reference; please don't base major decisions on it.