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Daily Almanac Tuesday, December 1, 2026 — Ji You (己酉)

The day pillar and the classical auspicious / avoid lists, computed deterministically from the soli-lunar calendar.

Day Pillar
己酉 · Ji You
Month pillar
Ji Hai (己亥)
Year stem-branch
Bing Wu (丙午)
Day officer
Open
Ecliptic star
Vermilion Bird
Lunar date
10/23
Chinese Zodiac
Rooster

Auspicious for

  • opening a business
  • receiving payments
  • traveling
  • holding worship
  • praying for blessings
  • seeking offspring
  • holding fasts and rites
  • asking for the bride's name
  • starting school
  • laying the foundation
  • setting foundation stones
  • acquiring property
  • digging irrigation channels
  • digging a well
  • demolition
  • sowing and planting
  • buying livestock
  • raising livestock
  • breaking ground
  • breaking ground for a burial
  • reopening the burial vault

Avoid

  • relocating home
  • moving into a new home
  • moving the hearth fire
  • encoffining
  • burial

The auspicious/avoid lists follow the classical almanac rule tables (the twelve day officers and the ecliptic stars), applied mechanically. For entertainment purposes only.

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