2026 BaZi Calendar & Chinese Almanac

2026 is the BingWu year of the Horse. In BaZi the year pillar starts at Li Chun on February 4; anyone born before it still belongs to the YiSi year. Pick a month for daily pillars, almanac do's and don'ts and lucky hours; the table below lists each month's pillar and elements.

BingWu · HorseLi Chun February 4

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January

31 days · JiChou month

February

28 days · GengYin month

March

31 days · XinMao month

April

30 days · RenChen month

May

31 days · GuiSi month

June

30 days · JiaWu month

July

31 days · YiWei month

August

31 days · BingShen month

September

30 days · DingYou month

October

31 days · WuXu month

November

30 days · JiHai month

December

31 days · GengZi month

2026 Monthly Pillars and Five Elements

BaZi months do not follow the Gregorian or lunar month. The month pillar changes at the twelve Jie solar terms such as Li Chun, Jing Zhe and Qing Ming. When reading a birth chart, a birthday before that month's Jie takes the pillar from the row above.

Month	Starts on	Month pillar	Elements	Year pillar
January	January 5 Minor Cold	JiChou	Earth / Earth	YiSi
February	February 4 Start of Spring	GengYin	Metal / Wood	BingWu
March	March 5 Awakening of Insects	XinMao	Metal / Wood	BingWu
April	April 5 Clear and Bright	RenChen	Water / Earth	BingWu
May	May 5 Start of Summer	GuiSi	Water / Fire	BingWu
June	June 5 Grain in Ear	JiaWu	Wood / Fire	BingWu
July	July 7 Minor Heat	YiWei	Wood / Earth	BingWu
August	August 7 Start of Autumn	BingShen	Fire / Metal	BingWu
September	September 7 White Dew	DingYou	Fire / Metal	BingWu
October	October 8 Cold Dew	WuXu	Earth / Earth	BingWu
November	November 7 Start of Winter	JiHai	Earth / Water	BingWu
December	December 7 Major Snow	GengZi	Metal / Water	BingWu