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Chinese almanac (Huangli), 18 February 2026
Wednesday · Ash Wednesday · Start of Ramadan · Losar (Tibetan New Year)
Lunar date
农历丙午年正月初二
丙午 (Bingwu) · Year of the Horse · 庚寅 癸亥
Nayin Water of the Great Sea
Solar term today
Rain Water
Pentad · tǎ jì yú
Next solar term · Awakening of Insects 2026-03-05
Auspicious
Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Ritual bathing · Haircut · Building a stove · Making nets · Planting
Avoid
Weddings · Lawsuits · Funeral procession · Burial · Raising livestock · Felling trees · Making beams · Opening for business · Acquiring livestock · Building livestock pens
- Clash
- Snake · Sha direction west
- Day god
- Hooked Array · Black Path (inauspicious)
- Day officer
- Receive
- Lunar mansion
- Wall · auspicious
- Nine star
- 六白金
- Fetus god
- 占房床 外东南
- Directions
- Joy southeast · Wealth south · Fortune west
- Peng Zu's taboos
- 癸不词讼理弱敌强 亥不嫁娶不利新郎
Auspicious stars
mǔ cāng · liù hé · wǔ fù · shèng xīn
Inauspicious stars
hé kuí · jié shà · chóng rì · Hooked Array
Hours of the day
| 00:00–00:59 | 壬子 | White Tiger | Weddings · Moving into a new home · Opening for business · Burial |
| 01:00–02:59 | 癸丑 | Jade Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business |
| 03:00–04:59 | 甲寅 | Heavenly Prison | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed |
| 05:00–06:59 | 乙卯 | Black Tortoise | Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Praying for blessings |
| 07:00–08:59 | 丙辰 | Controller of Fate | Praying for blessings · Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Building and repairs · Building a stove |
| 09:00–10:59 | 丁巳 | Hooked Array | |
| 11:00–12:59 | 戊午 | Azure Dragon | Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Placing the bed |
| 13:00–14:59 | 己未 | Bright Hall | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Opening for business |
| 15:00–16:59 | 庚申 | Heavenly Punishment | Weddings · Moving house · Burial · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) |
| 17:00–18:59 | 辛酉 | Vermilion Bird | Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home |
| 19:00–20:59 | 壬戌 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Burial |
| 21:00–22:59 | 癸亥 | Heavenly Virtue | Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home |
| 23:00–23:59 | 甲子 | Golden Coffer | Weddings · Opening for business · Praying for blessings · Burial |
The almanac (huangli) is a Chinese folk tradition. Its rules come from historical texts such as the Xieji Bianfang Shu (1739); it is shown here as cultural heritage, not as a prediction or advice.
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