Lunar date & day pillar
Friday, 16 October 2026 · lunar 丙午 year, month 9, day 7 · day pillar 癸亥
Chinese almanac / 2026
Tong shu 2026-10-16
Lunar dates, solar terms and traditional favorable and avoid entries, with mineral-pigment landscapes for the season.
Calendar day follows Beijing time (UTC+8)
2026-10-16
Friday, 16 October 2026 · lunar 丙午 year, month 9, day 7 · day pillar 癸亥
Zodiac by Lunar New Year: Horse
Cold Dew day 8 (since 10/8; next: Frost Descent 10/23)
The moon beside your dream ↓Five phases · palette
Day stem 癸 is Water — take black: dark black, deep navy (five-phases color canon; modern color names are editorial transcriptions)
What to wear
one dark-black or navy accent: a hat or shoes
Favorable & avoid
Favorable: worship rites, consecration rite, travel; go out｜Avoid: weddings, litigation, build bridges
Zodiac & clash
Zodiac: Horse (same by Lunar New Year and by Li Chun)｜Day clash: Snake (丁巳) · sha toward west
Season & everyday life
Cold Dew day 8 (since 10/8; next: Frost Descent 10/23)｜Chrysanthemums open in Cold Dew — give them a glance as you pass｜Water pairs with salty — a small bowl of seaweed soup, or a touch of fermented black beans (Hong Fan five flavors; ingredients are editorial examples)
Wealth & joy directions
Wealth: due south · Joy: southeast
The moon beside your dream
Notice the moon as you note your dream. This is a sky observation, not a prediction about your sleep.
Waxing crescent · 2026-10-16 · 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.