Is December 16, 2026 a good day?
December 16, 2026 is a Jiǎ Zǐ 甲子 day under the Establish (建 Jiàn) officer in the Tōng Shèng 通勝 almanac tradition. Classical sources grade it suitable for travel and setting out and taking up a new post and unsuitable for groundbreaking. People born in Horse years meet this day's clash and traditionally wait.
甲子 Jiǎ Zǐ
December 16, 2026 · Wednesday
- Day Officer (建除)
- Establish 建 Jiàn
- 28 Mansion (二十八宿)
- Winnowing Basket 箕 Jī
- Day Master element
- Yang Wood
- Clash animal (沖)
- Horse 午 Wǔ
- Year pillar (年柱)
- 丙午 Bǐng Wǔ · Fire Horse
- Solar month (節)
- Major Snow 大雪 Dà Xuě
Suitable (宜 yí)
- 出行 travel and setting out
- 上任 taking up a new post
- 祭祀 ancestral offerings
Avoid (忌 jì)
- 動土 groundbreaking
- 開倉 opening the storehouse
Reading December 16, 2026
In the almanac tradition, December 16, 2026 carries the day pillar 甲子 (Jiǎ Zǐ), a Yang Wood day whose Day Officer is Establish (建 Jiàn), the officer that opens the monthly cycle, which classical sources associate with setting out and taking up duties rather than breaking ground. The classical sources describe the officer as the first sort in any date grade, the kind of motion the day carries before any personal chart is considered. The full cycle is set out in our guide to the Twelve Day Officers, and the page it is printed on is explained in the Tong Shu almanac guide.
The 通勝 (Tōng Shèng) lists this day as a yellow path (黃道 huáng dào) day, broadly favourable, with the 28 Mansion star Winnowing Basket (箕 Jī) overhead. Its clash falls on the Horse: people born in Horse years meet the clash (沖 chōng) here and traditionally keep the day routine.
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Is December 16, 2026 an auspicious day in the Chinese almanac?
December 16, 2026 is graded a yellow path day (黃道日 huáng dào rì) in the Tōng Shèng 通勝 almanac tradition, the grade published almanacs mark as broadly favourable. Classical sources list the day as suitable for travel and setting out and taking up a new post. A generic grade still cannot see any individual birth chart. This is a pattern, not a verdict.
Who should be cautious on December 16, 2026?
People born in Horse years meet the clash (沖 chōng) on December 16, 2026: the day branch 子 stands directly opposite 午 Wǔ, the Horse branch. Classical sources treat a personal clash day as one for routine work rather than weddings, moves, or openings. This is a pattern, not a verdict.
What does the Establish officer mean on December 16, 2026?
On December 16, 2026 the Day Officer is Establish (建 Jiàn), the officer that opens the monthly cycle, which classical sources associate with setting out and taking up duties rather than breaking ground. The Twelve Day Officers (建除十二神 jiàn chú shí èr shén) rotate with the day and month branches, and this day's almanac entry lists travel and setting out and taking up a new post among its suitable activities.
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