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Chinese calendar, 17 October 2026
17 October 2026 is lunar month 9, day 8, 2026, the Fire Horse year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Rat. 14 named Yi activities; 10 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waxing crescent.
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October 2026
Lunar date
9th Month · 8th Day
二〇二六年九月初八
Year of the
Fire is both the year element and the Horse’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Fire.
Moon phase
Lunar day 8 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2026-10-17
The daily almanac & observances
甲子 Yang Wood Rat
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Rat.
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
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Bathe沐浴
- Cut hair理发
- Cut or make clothes裁衣
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Set up a bed安床
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
- Reopen a grave for reburial启钻
- Move a coffin移柩
- Burial安葬
- Prepare a grave in advance开生坟
忌 Traditionally avoid
Month 9 · 30 days
10 October 2026–8 November 2026. 22 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Double Ninth Festival
18 October 2026 · In Hong Kong, families may visit ancestral graves or hike and picnic in the hills on Chung Yeung, while observance varies across communities.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
October 2026 moon phases
Last quarter
Lunar 8/23
New moon
Lunar 9/1
First quarter
Lunar 9/10
Full moon
Lunar 9/17
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
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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 Wood Rat · 甲子— 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 Water · Guǐ 癸 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Earth Dog · 戊戌— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Fire Horse · 丙午— Fire reinforces Fire; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sea Metal · 海中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Root · 氐— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.East palace (东) · Raccoon dog creature (貉) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Full · 满— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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