Lunar date & day pillar
Friday, 9 October 2026 · lunar 丙午 year, month 8, day 29 · day pillar 丙辰
Chinese almanac / 2026
Tong shu 2026-10-09
Lunar dates, solar terms and traditional favorable and avoid entries, with mineral-pigment landscapes for the season.
Calendar day follows Beijing time (UTC+8)
2026-10-09
Friday, 9 October 2026 · lunar 丙午 year, month 8, day 29 · day pillar 丙辰
Zodiac by Lunar New Year: Horse
Cold Dew day 1 (since 10/8; next: Frost Descent 10/23)
The moon beside your dream ↓Five phases · palette
Day stem 丙 is Fire — take red: vermilion, scarlet (five-phases color canon; modern color names are editorial transcriptions)
What to wear
one vermilion accent: a brooch or a pair of socks
Favorable & avoid
Favorable: worship rites, cleansing rite; lift taboos, demolish houses｜Avoid: all matters inadvisable
Zodiac & clash
Zodiac: Horse (same by Lunar New Year and by Li Chun)｜Day clash: Dog (庚戌) · sha toward south
Season & everyday life
Cold Dew day 1 (since 10/8; next: Frost Descent 10/23)｜After Cold Dew, notice the morning chill and the dew on leaves｜Fire pairs with bitter — a small dish of bitter melon, or a few lotus plumules steeped in water (Hong Fan five flavors; ingredients are editorial examples)
Wealth & joy directions
Wealth: southwest · Joy: southwest
The moon beside your dream
Notice the moon as you note your dream. This is a sky observation, not a prediction about your sleep.
New moon · 2026-10-09 · UTC
s2-western-20261006.2 · draft
Almanac entries from lunar-javascript 1.7.7 are excerpted / translated in original order, with up to three entries by default. English omits funeral-type entries; Chinese retains them. Complete source lists remain in the provider. Calendar timezone fixed at Asia/Shanghai (UTC+8). For everyday inspiration only — no outcome is guaranteed and no death is predicted.