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2026-05-12
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May 12, 2026 Tuesday (Week 20)

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(Horse Year) Lunar: 3rd Month, 26th Day

Bingwu Year, Guisi Month, Bingxu Day

Auspicious Offering Sacrifices Praying for Blessings Praying for Heirs Consecration Dispelling Making Marriage Bed Coming-of-Age Ceremony Felling Trees Setting up Sawhorses Making Roof Beams Renovation Expanding Household Marriage Making Clothes Setting Up Bed Breaking Ground Laying Foundation Raising Roof Beam Erecting Pillars Discharging Water Visiting Friends&Relatives

Inauspicious None

Prev Solar Term: Beginning of Summer
（2026-05-05 19:48:41）
Next Solar Term: Grain Buds
（2026-05-21 08:36:42）
God of Wealth Direction Southwest
God of Fortune Direction Northwest
God of Joy Direction Southwest
Yang Benefactor Direction Due West
Yin Benefactor Direction Northwest
Five Elements Roof Earth
Clash & Inauspicious Direction Clash: Sha:North
Deity of the Day Golden Treasury（Auspicious Day）
Twelve Day Officers
Initiate
Day
Auspicious Deities
Monthly Emptiness, Four Phases, Heavenly Horse, No General, Fortune Generating, Resolving Deity
Fetal Deity Position
Kitchen, Stove, Coop - Outside Northwest
Inauspicious Deities
Month Breaker, Major Loss, Four Strikes, Nine Emptinesses, Nine Pits, Nine Scorches, White Tiger
Pengzu's Hundred Taboos
Bing: Do not repair stoves, or disaster will strike. Xu: Do not eat dog meat, or nightmares will plague you.
28 Lunar Mansions
Lunar Mansions: Encampment Fire Pig
Year Element Heavenly River Water
Month Element Long Flowing Water
Day Element Roof Earth
Year Void Yin, Mao
Month Void Wu, Wei
Day Void Wu, Wei
Phenology Second Pentad，Earthworms emerge
Monthly Ordinance Guisi
Daily Prosperity Si Mutual Prosperity
Zi
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Zi Hour Time: 23:00-00:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Renwu), Sha South
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due North, Direction for Joy:Northeast, Direction for Fortune:Northeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Southwest
AU.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Travel, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed, Taking Office
IN.None
Chou
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Chou Hour Time: 01:00-02:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Kuiwei), 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 Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Travel, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Burial, Renovation, Building House, Migration, Building Stove, Setting Up Bed, Entering New House, Opening Business, Taking Office
IN.None
Yin
Auspicious
Double Hour: Yin Hour Time: 03:00-04:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Jiashen), 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
Mao
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Mao Hour Time: 05:00-06:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Yiyou), 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, Praying for Heirs, Marriage, Migration, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities
IN.None
Chen
Auspicious
Double Hour: Chen Hour Time: 07:00-08:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Bingxu), Sha South
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due South, Direction for Joy:Due East, Direction for Fortune:Southeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Southeast
AU.Offering Sacrifices, Travel, Engagement, Marriage, Entering New House, Renovation, Burial
IN.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs
Si
Auspicious
Double Hour: Si Hour Time: 09:00-10:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Dinghai), Sha East
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due South, Direction for Joy:Southeast, Direction for Fortune:Northeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due East
AU.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Joining Roof Ridge, Marriage
IN.Consecration, Renovation, Burial
Wu
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Wu Hour Time: 11:00-12:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Wuzi), Sha North
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, Migration, Entering New House, Burial
IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation, Breaking Ground
Wei
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Wei Hour Time: 13:00-14:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Zichou), Sha West
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Northeast, Direction for Joy:Southwest, Direction for Fortune:Southwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due North
AU.Renovation, Building House, Migration, Setting Up Bed, Entering New House, Opening Business, Opening Granary, Travel, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Engagement, Marriage
IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities
Shen
Auspicious
Double Hour: Shen Hour Time: 15:00-16:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Gengyin), Sha South
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Southwest, Direction for Joy:Due West, Direction for Fortune:Northwest, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Northwest
AU.Praying for Heirs, Marriage, Entering New House, Opening Business, Trading, Burial
IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities, Taking Office, Renovation, Migration, Travel, Litigation
You
Auspicious
Double Hour: You Hour Time: 17:00-18:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (xinmao), Sha East
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Southwest, Direction for Joy:Northwest, Direction for Fortune:Southeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Due West
AU.Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Thanking the Deities
IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation, Breaking Ground, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Consecration
Xu
Inauspicious
Double Hour: Xu Hour Time: 19:00-20:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Renchen), Sha North
Deity Positions: Direction for Wealth:Due North, Direction for Joy:Northeast, Direction for Fortune:Northeast, Direction for Yang Benefactors:Southwest
AU.Building Stove, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities, Renovation, Taking Office, Travel, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles, Marriage, Expanding Household, Migration, Burial
IN.None
Hai
Auspicious
Double Hour: Hai Hour Time: 21:00-22:59
Clash & Sha: Clash (Kuisi), Sha West
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, Praying for Blessings
IN.None

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