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Chinese calendar, 26 January 2027
26 January 2027 is lunar month 12, day 19, 2026, the Fire Horse year. The day pillar is Yin Wood Snake. 17 named Yi activities; 4 named Ji activities. 7 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Tuesday
January 2027
Lunar date
12th Month · 19th Day
二〇二六年腊月十九
Year of the
Fire is both the year element and the Horse’s fixed element, so this pairing reinforces Fire.
Moon phase
Lunar day 19 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2027-01-26
The daily almanac & observances
乙巳 Yin Wood Snake
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Snake.
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
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Formalize a betrothal agreement订盟
- Make a formal betrothal proposal纳采
- Meet relatives and friends会亲友
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Install machinery安机械
- Move residence移徙
- Move into a new home入宅
- Roof or build a house盖屋
- Set up a bed安床
- Lay a foundation起基
- Set foundation stones定磉
- Install an incense altar安香
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Hang a signboard or plaque挂匾
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Acquire property置产
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Open a business or market开市
- Travel出行
- Burial安葬
- Hold funeral rites行丧
Month 12 · 29 days
8 January 2027–5 February 2027. 10 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Lunar New Year's Eve
5 February 2027 · 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
January 2027 moon phases
New moon
Lunar 12/1
First quarter
Lunar 12/9
Full moon
Lunar 12/15
Last quarter
Lunar 12/22
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
Explore the days around 26 January 2027
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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
- Yin Wood Snake · 乙巳— 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.
- Yang Fire · Bǐng 丙 (primary)
- Yang Metal · Gēng 庚 (middle)
- Yang Earth · Wù 戊 (residual)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yin Metal Ox · 辛丑— 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
- Covered-lamp Fire · 覆灯火— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Fire.
- Day animal 生肖
- Snake · 蛇— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yin Earth Pig · 己亥— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Turtle Beak · 觜— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Monkey creature (猴) · traditionally unfavourable (凶)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northwest (西北)
- Blessing 福神: Southwest (西南)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against planting, saying even many plants may not grow.乙不栽植千株不长The verse cautions against long travel, saying possessions may be hidden or lost.巳不远行财物伏藏Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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