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Friday, October 1, 1993

Lunar month 8, day 16Yin Water-Rooster Year · Year of the RoosterSolar term: Autumn Equinox · day 9 of 15 · 7d until Cold Dew

This Day for Your Chart

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Day Quality2/5
破DestructionInauspicious
明堂Bright HallYellow
ClashRooster · West
Noble
子 23:00–00:59 Auspicious hour 申 15:00–16:59 Inauspicious hour
宜
None
忌
None

Day Pillar

乙Yǐ · Yin WoodWood
卯Mǎo · RabbitWood

Yin Wood Rabbit

Month辛酉Xīn Yǒu

Day Officer

破Pò · Destruction✦ Inauspicious

The breaking day: the day's branch clashes with the month's, the sharpest conflict in the twelve-day cycle.

Day God

明堂Míng Táng · Bright HallYellow Path

Bright Hall, a yellow-path (黄道) god: in tradition a sign of light and honor.

宜Favorable

None on this day

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.

  • 乙不栽植,千株不长Traditional saying: on 乙 (Yǐ) days, don't plant; it was said to keep a thousand seedlings from growing.
  • 卯不穿井,水泉不香Traditional saying: on 卯 (Mǎo, Rabbit) days, don't dig a well; it was said to make the water lose its sweetness.

Shen Sha

Auspicious

Inauspicious

Daily Clash

冲鸡 · 煞西

This day clashes with the Rooster; avoid the West direction.

Tai Sui (Year)

Tai Sui in Rooster (West) · clashes with East

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

Na Yin

大溪水

Dà Xī Shuǐ · Great Stream Water

Water

Lunar Mansion

亢Kàng · Neck
Inauspicious
Animal龙 Dragon
GroupEast · Azure Dragon
Summary

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

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