February 18, 2026 lunar calendar falls on Sunday, May 5, 2026 solar calendar, the beginning of the Thanh minh period. This is an occasion for families to remember their ancestors, visit graves, perform rituals, and burn incense at home.
Thanh minh worship at the grave can prepare vegetarian and savory offerings depending on the customs of each family and locality, but still needs to have enough incense, flowers, water, wine, betel and areca, fruits, and votive paper.
According to feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha, the zodiac time frames for worshiping Thanh Minh Tet include: Rat (11pm-1am), Tiger (3am-5am), Cat (5am-7am), Horse (11am-1pm), Goat (1pm-3pm), Rooster (5pm-7pm).
The 18th day of the 2nd lunar month is taboo for opening, departure, engagement, wedding, construction start, demolition of works, groundbreaking, signing contracts, buying and selling valuable assets. On this day, people can worship, pray for peace, and ward off bad luck.
If departing, choose to go Northeast to meet the God of Joy, South to meet the God of Wealth. Note that the Northeast direction is a good direction but also a bad direction (Black God), both bringing good news and easily encountering bad news.
New Year of the Cat, Year of the Earth Rabbit, pay close attention, do not depart, do big things on February 18, 2026.
Suggested departure hours according to Ly Thuan Phong:
- 11am-1pm and 11pm-1pm: Good hours to depart, most things are favorable. To seek wealth, in addition to the South direction, you can go to the Southwest direction.
- 1h-3h and 13h-15h: Good hours, departure encounters many good omens, joy comes. Best to go south, there will be hope of successful contract negotiation, meeting partners smoothly.
- 3am-5am and 3pm-5pm: Big karma is difficult to achieve, seeking wealth does not come. Lawsuits should be temporarily postponed to avoid bad luck.
- 5am-7am and 5pm-7pm: Easy to encounter thị phi (gossip), disputes, so be careful with your words. For people doing business, participating in meetings, you should also consider keeping your mouth shut to avoid offending the other person.
- 7am-9am and 7pm-9pm: Auspicious hours, departure is lucky, business is profitable, everything is good.
- 9am-11am and 9pm-11pm: Dai hung hour, meaning bad hour.Departure encounters obstacles, finances are affected, there is a possibility of getting into disputes.
