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Chinese calendar, 1 February 2026
1 February 2026 is lunar month 12, day 14, 2025, the Wood Snake year. The day pillar is Yang Fire Horse. 14 named Yi activities; 8 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing gibbous.
Sunday
February 2026
Lunar date
12th Month · 14th Day
二〇二五年腊月十四
Year of the
Wood generates Fire in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Snake’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 14 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2026-02-01
The daily almanac & observances
丙午 Yang Fire Horse
The stem gives Fire; the branch gives Horse.
Read this stem against your Day Master →Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.
宜 Traditionally suitable
- Bathe沐浴
- Trap or capture捕捉
- Hunt畋猎
- Cut hair理发
- Trim fingernails and toenails整手足甲
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Burial安葬
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Erect a memorial stone立碑
- Repair a grave修坟
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 12 · 29 days
19 January 2026–16 February 2026. 15 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
16 February 2026 · In China, many families share a reunion dinner and stay up late to greet the new year, while the meal and surrounding rituals vary by region.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
February 2026 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/22
New moon
Lunar 1/1
First quarter
Lunar 1/8
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
The surrounding month
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Calendar terms explained
This day in the traditional cycles
Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.
- Day pillar 日柱
- Yang Fire Horse · 丙午— this date’s position in the repeating 60-day stem–branch cycle.Hidden stems are stems conventionally contained in the day pillar’s earthly branch. Primary is the main layer; middle and residual are secondary layers.
- Yin Fire · Dīng 丁 (primary)
- Yin Earth · Jǐ 己 (middle)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Earth Ox · 己丑— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— Wood generates Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Heavenly River Water · 天河水— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Water.
- Day animal 生肖
- Horse · 马— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Metal Rat · 庚子— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Star · 星— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.South palace (南) · Horse creature (马) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Hold · 执— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Southwest (西南)
- Blessing 福神: Northwest (西北)
- Wealth 财神: Southwest (西南)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against repairing a stove, saying misfortune may follow.丙不修灶必见灾殃The verse cautions against roofing a house, saying its owner may have to make changes.午不苫盖屋主更张Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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