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Monday, July 16, 1990

Lunar month 5 (leap), day 24Yang Metal-Horse Year · Year of the HorseSolar term: Slight Heat · day 10 of 16 · 7d until Great Heat

This Day for Your Chart

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Day Quality2/5
闭CloseInauspicious
天牢Heavenly PrisonBlack
ClashRat · North
Noble
卯 05:00–06:59 Auspicious hour 巳 09:00–10:59 Inauspicious hour
宜
WorshipOpen a graveBurial
忌
None

Day Pillar

壬Rén · Yang WaterWater
午Wǔ · HorseFire

Yang Water Horse

Month癸未Guǐ Wèi

Day Officer

闭Bì · Close✦ Inauspicious

The closing day, last of the twelve day officers: traditionally a day of sealing and storing away.

Day God

天牢Tiān Láo · Heavenly PrisonBlack Path

Heavenly Prison, a black-path (黑道) god: in tradition a sign of confinement and restraint.

宜Favorable

Traditional almanacs add: other matters not advised.

忌Unfavorable

None on this day

Peng Zu's taboos (traditional sayings)

Traditional sayings, shown for interest. They don't change the lists above.

  • 壬不泱水,更难提防Traditional saying: on 壬 (Rén) days, don't release water; it was said to make floods harder to guard against.
  • 午不苫盖,屋主更张Traditional saying: on 午 (Wǔ, Horse) days, don't thatch a roof; it was said to make the house change hands.

Shen Sha

Auspicious

Daily Clash

冲鼠 · 煞北

This day clashes with the Rat; avoid the North direction.

Tai Sui (Year)

Tai Sui in Horse (South) · clashes with North

Tai Sui sits in the South for the year, opposing the North. Traditionally, almanacs advise against major construction, ground-breaking or burial in either direction until the next 立春 (Lichun).

Na Yin

杨柳木

Yáng Liǔ Mù · Willow Wood

Wood

Lunar Mansion

心Xīn · Heart
Inauspicious
Animal狐 Fox
GroupEast · Azure Dragon
Summary

Heart, one of the seven mansions of the Azure Dragon in the east; inauspicious in the traditional count.

Auspicious and inauspicious hours

子23:00–00:59Auspicious hour金匮Gold Casket
丑01:00–02:59Auspicious hour天德Heavenly Virtue
寅03:00–04:59Inauspicious hour白虎White Tiger
卯05:00–06:59Auspicious hour玉堂Jade Hall Noble
辰07:00–08:59Inauspicious hour天牢Heavenly Prison
巳09:00–10:59Inauspicious hour玄武Black Tortoise Noble
午11:00–12:59Auspicious hour司命Director of Fate
未13:00–14:59Inauspicious hour勾陈Hook Star
申15:00–16:59Auspicious hour青龙Azure Dragon
酉17:00–18:59Auspicious hour明堂Bright Hall
戌19:00–20:59Inauspicious hour天刑Heavenly Punishment
亥21:00–22:59Inauspicious hour朱雀Vermilion Bird

Yellow-path (黄道) hours are auspicious and black-path (黑道) hours inauspicious, by the traditional day-god cycle. ★ marks the noble-person hours for this day.

Almanac data is derived from classical formulas and is for reference only. Do not use as the sole basis for medical, legal, or financial decisions. Disclaimer