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2026-08-21
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August 21, 2026 Friday (Week 34)

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(Horse Year) Lunar: 7th Month, 9th Day

Bingwu Year, Bingshen Month, Dingmao Day

Auspicious Marriage Consecration Offering Sacrifices Praying for Blessings Praying for Heirs Installing Incense Moving Fire Dispelling Felling Trees Entering New House Migration Setting Up Bed Opening Business Trading Signing Contracts Planting Travel Burial

Inauspicious Digging Well Haircut Building Stove Breaking Ground Breaking Ground for Tombs Excavating Pooll

Prev Solar Term: Beginning of Autumn
（2026-08-07 19:42:40）
Next Solar Term: End of Heat
（2026-08-23 10:18:46）
God of Wealth Direction Southwest
God of Fortune Direction Southeast
God of Joy Direction Due South
Yang Benefactor Direction Northwest
Yin Benefactor Direction Due West
Five Elements Furnace Fire
Clash & Inauspicious Direction Clash: Sha:West
Deity of the Day Vermilion Bird（Inauspicious Day）
Twelve Day Officers
Danger
Day
Auspicious Deities
Monthly Virtue Harmony, Heavenly Grace, Benefiting Descendants, Five Harmonies, Echoing Bark
Fetal Deity Position
Storehouse, Door - Outside Due South
Inauspicious Deities
Heavenly Officer, Fatal, Vermilion Bird, Five Emptinesses, Seven Talismans
Pengzu's Hundred Taboos
Ding: Do not cut hair, or head sores will grow. Mao: Do not dig wells, or the water will be foul.
28 Lunar Mansions
Lunar Mansions: Neck Metal Dragon
Year Element Heavenly River Water
Month Element Fire Under the Mountain
Day Element Furnace Fire
Year Void Yin, Mao
Month Void Chen, Si
Day Void Xu, Hai
Phenology Third Pentad，Cold cicadas chirp
Monthly Ordinance Bingshen
Daily Prosperity Wu Mutual Prosperity, Yi 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.Building Stove, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities
IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation, Breaking Ground
Chou
Inauspicious
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.Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth, Marriage, Expanding Household, Migration, Burial, Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Engagement
IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation
Yin
Auspicious
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.Engagement, Marriage, Setting Up Bed, Migration, Entering New House, Renovation, Burial, Seek Wealth, Meet Nobles
IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Consecration, Taking Office, Travel
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.Renovation, Building House, Migration, Building Stove, Setting Up Bed, Entering New House, Opening Business, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage
IN.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Consecration, Taking Office, Travel
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.Offering Sacrifices, Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Engagement, Marriage, Burial
IN.Taking Office, Travel
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, Praying for Blessings, Engagement, Taking Office, Travel, Meet Nobles, Seek Wealth
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.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Travel, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed, Taking Office
IN.Renovation, Breaking Ground
Wei
Auspicious
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.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Travel, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed, Renovation, Entering New House, Burial, Offering Sacrifices
IN.None
Shen
Inauspicious
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.Entering New House, Renovation, Burial, Offering Sacrifices, Taoist Fasts and Offerings, Thanking the Deities
IN.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs
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.None
IN.Nothing Suitable
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.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed, Meet Nobles
IN.Taking Office, Renovation, Migration, Travel, Litigation
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.Praying for Blessings, Praying for Heirs, Engagement, Marriage, Seek Wealth, Opening Business, Trading, Setting Up Bed, Offering Sacrifices, Meet Nobles
IN.Taking Office, Travel, Renovation, Breaking Ground

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