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2026-01-08
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January 8, 2026 Thursday (Week 2)

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(Snake Year) Lunar: 11th Month, 20th Day

Yisi Year, Jichou Month, Renwu Day

Auspicious Marriage Offering Sacrifices Praying for Blessings Praying for Heirs Consecration Entering New House Migration Setting Up Bed Renovation Breaking Ground Expanding Household

Inauspicious Digging Well Burial Planting Travel Building Stove Opening Business Installing Door

Prev Solar Term: Slight Cold
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Next Solar Term: Great Cold
（2026-01-20 09:44:53）
God of Wealth Direction Due South
God of Fortune Direction Southeast
God of Joy Direction Due South
Yang Benefactor Direction Due East
Yin Benefactor Direction Southeast
Five Elements Willow Wood
Clash & Inauspicious Direction Clash: Sha:North
Deity of the Day Heavenly Prison（Inauspicious Day）
Twelve Day Officers
Initiate
Day
Auspicious Deities
Monthly Virtue, Heavenly Grace, Yang Virtue, Six Rites, Continuing Lineage, Resolving Deity, Arbiter of Fate, Barking Dog
Fetal Deity Position
Storehouse, Mortar - Outside Northwest
Inauspicious Deities
Month Breaker, Major Loss, Calamity Sha, Heavenly Fire, Opposing Aversion, Beckoning Star, Five Emptinesses, Blood Taboo
Pengzu's Hundred Taboos
Ren: Do not dam water, or floods cannot be prevented. Wu: Do not build roofs, or they must be redone.
28 Lunar Mansions
Lunar Mansions: Horn Wood Scaly Dragon
Year Element Lamp Fire
Month Element Thunderbolt Fire
Day Element Willow Wood
Year Void Yin, Mao
Month Void Wu, Wei
Day Void Shen, You
Phenology First Pentad，Wild geese head north
Monthly Ordinance Jichou
Daily Prosperity Hai Mutual Prosperity, Ding,Ji Advancing Prosperity
Zi
Auspicious
Double Hour: Zi Hour Time: 23:00-00:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Jiawu), Sha South
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due East, Direction for Joy:Due South, Direction for Fortune:Southwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Northeast
AU.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed
IN.Raising Roof Beam, Building House, Encoffining, Taking Office, Renovation, Migration, Travel, Litigation
Chou
Auspicious
Double Hour: Chou Hour Time: 01:00-02:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Yiwei), Sha East
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due East, Direction for Joy:Northeast, Direction for Fortune:Northwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due South
AU.Entering New House, Burial, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Thanking the Deities, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Engagement, Marriage
IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation, Breaking Ground
Yin
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Yin Hour Time: 03:00-04:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Bingshen), Sha North
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due South, Direction for Joy:Due East, Direction for Fortune:Southeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Southeast
AU.Building Stove, Offering Sacrifices, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities, Renovation, Taking Office, Travel, Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Entering New House, Migration, Burial
IN.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs
Mao
Auspicious
Double Hour: Mao Hour Time: 05:00-06:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Dingyou), Sha West
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due South, Direction for Joy:Southeast, Direction for Fortune:Northeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due East
AU.Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Renovation, Entering New House, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Burial, Taking Office, Travel, Meet Nobles
IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities
Chen
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Chen Hour Time: 07:00-08:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Wuxu), Sha South
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Northeast, Direction for Joy:Southwest, Direction for Fortune:Due North, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Northeast
AU.Praying for Blessings, Engagement, Marriage, Setting Up Bed, Migration, Entering New House, Burial, Taking Office, Travel, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles
IN.Building Bridges, Take Boat, Renovation, Breaking Ground
Si
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Si Hour Time: 09:00-10:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Zihai), Sha East
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Northeast, Direction for Joy:Southwest, Direction for Fortune:Southwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due North
AU.Praying for Heirs, Marriage, Migration, Entering New House, Opening Business, Trading, Renovation, Burial, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities
IN.None
Wu
Auspicious
Double Hour: Wu Hour Time: 11:00-12:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Gengzi), Sha North
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Southwest, Direction for Joy:Due West, Direction for Fortune:Northwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Northwest
AU.Travel, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Thanking the Deities
IN.Taking Office, Litigation, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Consecration
Wei
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Wei Hour Time: 13:00-14:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (xinchou), Sha West
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Southwest, Direction for Joy:Northwest, Direction for Fortune:Southeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due West
AU.Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Expanding Household, Migration, Burial, Thanking the Deities
IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Consecration, Taking Office, Travel
Shen
Auspicious
Double Hour: Shen Hour Time: 15:00-16:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Renyin), Sha South
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due North, Direction for Joy:Northeast, Direction for Fortune:Northeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Southwest
AU.Taking Office, Travel, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Engagement, Marriage, Entering New House, Opening Business, Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs
IN.Consecration, Renovation, Burial
You
Auspicious
Double Hour: You Hour Time: 17:00-18:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Kuimao), Sha East
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due North, Direction for Joy:Due North, Direction for Fortune:Due North, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Southwest
AU.Praying for Heirs, Marriage, Migration, Entering New House, Opening Business, Trading, Renovation, Burial, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities
IN.None
Xu
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Xu Hour Time: 19:00-20:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Jiachen), Sha North
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due East, Direction for Joy:Due South, Direction for Fortune:Southwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Northeast
AU.None
IN.Nothing Suitable
Hai
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Hai Hour Time: 21:00-22:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Yisi), Sha West
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due East, Direction for Joy:Northeast, Direction for Fortune:Northwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due South
AU.Renovation, Entering New House, Burial, Taking Office, Travel, Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth, Engagement, Marriage, Expanding Household, Migration
IN.None

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