Lunar date & day pillar
Saturday, 17 October 2026 · lunar 丙午 year, month 9, day 8 · day pillar 甲子
Chinese almanac / 2026
Tong shu 2026-10-17
Lunar dates, solar terms and traditional favorable and avoid entries, with mineral-pigment landscapes for the season.
Calendar day follows Beijing time (UTC+8)
2026-10-17
Saturday, 17 October 2026 · lunar 丙午 year, month 9, day 8 · day pillar 甲子
Zodiac by Lunar New Year: Horse
Cold Dew day 9 (since 10/8; next: Frost Descent 10/23)
The moon beside your dream ↓Five phases · palette
Day stem 甲 is Wood — take cyan-green: emerald, sea green (five-phases color canon; modern color names are editorial transcriptions)
What to wear
one cyan-green accent: a scarf or a hair piece
Favorable & avoid
Favorable: send betrothal gifts, engagement; seal an alliance, meet relatives and friends｜Avoid: open for business, move into a home, travel; go out
Zodiac & clash
Zodiac: Horse (same by Lunar New Year and by Li Chun)｜Day clash: Horse (戊午) · sha toward south
Season & everyday life
Cold Dew day 9 (since 10/8; next: Frost Descent 10/23)｜Cold Dew chills the air — look up for geese flying south｜Wood pairs with sour — add a leafy green, or a few drops of fruit vinegar (Hong Fan five flavors; ingredients are editorial examples)
Wealth & joy directions
Wealth: northeast · Joy: northeast
The moon beside your dream
Notice the moon as you note your dream. This is a sky observation, not a prediction about your sleep.
First quarter · 2026-10-17 · 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.