Chinese almanac (Huangli), 16 May 2026

Saturday

Lunar date

农历丙午年三月三十

丙午 (Bingwu) · Year of the Horse · 癸巳庚寅

Nayin Pine and Cypress Wood

Solar term

Start of Summer

Pentad · wáng guā shēng

Next solar term · Grain Buds 2026-05-21

Auspicious

Cleansing and exorcism · Travel · Betrothal gifts · Coming-of-age ceremony · Erecting pillars · Raising the ridge beam · Moving house · Building a stove · Adding to the household (adoption, hiring) · Moving into a new home · Acquiring livestock · Raising livestock

Avoid

Sacrifices and ancestor offerings · Felling trees · Setting up carpentry trestles · Placing the bed · Building and repairs · Breaking ground · Burial · Repairing tombs · Breaking ground for a grave

Clash: Monkey · Sha direction north
Day god: Heavenly Prison · Black Path (inauspicious)
Day officer: Receive
Lunar mansion: Stomach · auspicious
Nine star: 三碧木
Fetus god: 碓磨炉外正北
Directions: Joy northwest · Wealth east · Fortune southwest
Peng Zu's taboos: 庚不经络织机虚张寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Auspicious stars

yuè dé · mǔ cāng · jìng ān · wǔ hé · míng fèi duì

Inauspicious stars

tiān gāng · jié shà · yuè hài · tǔ fú · Heavenly Prison

Hours of the day

00:00–00:59	丙子	Azure Dragon	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Moving into a new home
01:00–02:59	丁丑	Bright Hall	Weddings · Travel · Burial · Building and repairs
03:00–04:59	戊寅	Heavenly Punishment	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
05:00–06:59	己卯	Vermilion Bird	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
07:00–08:59	庚辰	Golden Coffer	Weddings · Travel · Moving house · Opening for business
09:00–10:59	辛巳	Heavenly Virtue	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
11:00–12:59	壬午	White Tiger	Weddings · Trading · Opening for business · Placing the bed
13:00–14:59	癸未	Jade Hall	Weddings · Moving house · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
15:00–16:59	甲申	Heavenly Prison
17:00–18:59	乙酉	Black Tortoise	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home
19:00–20:59	丙戌	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Travel · Trading · Opening for business
21:00–22:59	丁亥	Hooked Array	Weddings · Trading · Moving into a new home · Opening for business
23:00–23:59	戊子	Controller of Fate	Weddings · Moving house · Trading · Moving into a new home

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.

This day in other calendars

Gregorian calendar: 16 May 2026
Julian calendar: 3 May 2026 (Julian)
Chinese calendar (Nongli): Bingwu year (Horse), month 3, day 30
Korean calendar (Dangi): Dangi 4359, month 3, day 30
Tibetan calendar (Phugpa): Rabjung 17, Fire Horse year, month 3, day 30
Hebrew calendar: 29 Iyar 5786 AM
Islamic calendar (Umm al-Qura): 29 Dhu al-Qaʿdah 1447 AH
Solar Hijri calendar (Persian): 26 Ordibehesht 1405 SH
Ethiopian calendar: 8 Ginbot 2018 EC
Coptic calendar: 8 Pashons 1742 AM
Indian national calendar (Saka): 26 Vaishakha 1948 Saka
Japanese era calendar: Reiwa 8, May 16
Thai solar calendar (Buddhist Era): 16 May BE 2569
Minguo calendar: 16 May, Minguo 115
Maya calendars: 13.0.13.10.14 10 Ix 7 Sip
Aztec calendars: 10 Ocelotl (jaguar), 6 Ochpaniztli
Ancient Egyptian civil calendar: 30 Thoth, Akhet (inundation), year 2775 of Nabonassar
Roman calendar: a.d. V Non. Mai., 2779 AUC