Travel
Travel, errands, or movement-heavy plans appear in Caution actions. For trips, errands, commuting shifts, or movement-heavy plans, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.
2026-02-20 · Fri
Lunar year 2026, month 1, day 4 · Yi Chou Ox day
Month 1, day 4
Yi Chou Ox
Horse
Bing Wu Horse
Goat
East
2026-02-20 is Lunar year 2026, month 1, day 4, carried by a Yi Chou Ox day pillar and a Wood day element. Read the favorable list as the day's supported activity lane, especially around quiet reflection, restraint, or symbolic reset. Read the caution list as a slower lane around routine care, resources, or patient maintenance and quiet reflection, restraint, or symbolic reset. The Goat clash and East Sha direction add traditional context for who or what may need a more deliberate approach.
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These are plain-English scans of the selected day's Favorable actions, Caution actions, Clash animal, and Caution direction.
Moving
Home setup, cleaning, or living-space routines appear in Caution actions. For moving home, rearranging space, or setting up a living routine, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.
Wedding
Relationships, family plans, or formal agreements appear in Caution actions. For marriage plans, formal relationship steps, or family-facing commitments, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.
Business
Check detailsNo direct Favorable or Caution action match for business openings, hiring, cash movement, property, or commercial decisions. Check the detailed terms, Goat clash, and East caution direction before treating it as a clear green light.
Renovation
Repairs, renovation, or structural decisions appear in Caution actions. For repair, construction, ground work, demolition, or structural home changes, keep plans reversible and check the clash animal and caution direction.
Signing
Check detailsNo direct Favorable or Caution action match for contracts, agreements, negotiation, or formal promises. Check the detailed terms, Goat clash, and East caution direction before treating it as a clear green light.
This scan summarizes common planning categories for the selected date. Always read it together with the detailed Favorable and Caution lists.
Favorable actions
The selected almanac source marks these activities as better supported for this date.
- Ancestral or ritual offerings
- Pray for blessings
- Pray for children
- Acquire livestock
- Encoffining rites
- Open a burial site
- Thank the earth
- End mourning garments
- Begin mourning garments
Source terms and meanings
- Ancestral or ritual offerings · 祭祀Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
- Pray for blessings · 祈福Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
- Pray for children · 求嗣Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
- Acquire livestock · 纳畜Land, harvest, or livestock activity: traditionally tied to cultivation, animals, water, or resource handling.
- Encoffining rites · 入殓Ancestral or funerary rite: a traditional ritual category, not a general everyday recommendation.
- Open a burial site · 启钻Ancestral or funerary rite: a traditional ritual category, not a general everyday recommendation.
- Thank the earth · 谢土Ritual or devotional activity: traditionally read as better aligned with honoring, prayer, or ceremonial attention.
- End mourning garments · 除服Ancestral or funerary rite: a traditional ritual category, not a general everyday recommendation.
- Begin mourning garments · 成服Ancestral or funerary rite: a traditional ritual category, not a general everyday recommendation.
The clash animal is Goat. In traditional almanac reading, people whose zodiac is Goat may use this as a reminder to slow down around high-stakes plans, formal commitments, or conflict-prone conversations. It is a symbolic caution cue, not a prediction of harm.
East is the day's caution direction. Traditionally, Sha direction is treated as a direction to handle with extra care for major starts, movement, renovation, or ceremonial activity. For everyday use, read it as a planning note, not as a rule that ordinary life must stop.
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Bing Wu Horse
Yi Chou Ox
Wood
Horse
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