Today's Chinese Almanac 通勝
2026-09-16
八月初六
Lunar Month 8, Day 6
Year 丙午 · Horse | Day Gui-Si 癸巳 · Snake 蛇
2026-09-16
八月初六
an auspicious day
- Open for business / launch 开市
- Trade / do deals 交易
- Sign contracts 立券
- Receive money / collect payment 纳财
- Plant / sow 栽种
- Wedding / marriage 嫁娶
- Travel / go on a trip 出行
- Move house / relocate 移徙
- Welcome a new household member 进人口
- Move into a new home 入宅
Directions 方位
- Wealth 财神
- Due South
- Joy 喜神
- Southeast
- Fortune 福神
- Northeast
- Avoid 煞
- East
Day Officer 值日
Today's officer is Success 成 — Auspicious; good for completions, openings.
How to read today
The almanac calls 2026-09-16 an auspicious day. The Tung Shing 通勝 weighs the day's heavenly stem, earthly branch, and lunar officer to produce its verdict — this is tradition, not a guarantee. Today leans toward Open for business / launch 开市, while the day counsels against Wedding / marriage 嫁娶. If your zodiac is the Pig 猪, the day creates a clash 沖 — a cue to keep plans low-key rather than launch anything significant. Use auspicious hours for important moments, and face the wealth direction 财神 when you sit down to work. The almanac gives the shared energy of the day; your own birth chart refines it personally.
This is the general almanac. Your day depends on your chart 命 — the almanac energy filtered through your Four Pillars and Day Master.