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Monday, October 4, 1993

Lunar month 8, day 19Yin Water-Rooster Year · Year of the RoosterSolar term: Autumn Equinox · day 12 of 15 · 4d until Cold Dew

This Day for Your Chart

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Day Quality2/5
收ReceiveInauspicious
金匮Gold CasketYellow
ClashRat · North
Noble
丑 01:00–02:59 Auspicious hour 未 13:00–14:59 Inauspicious hour
宜
WorshipMarriageHunt or fish
忌
ConsecrationBreak groundOpen a grave+5

Day Pillar

戊Wù · Yang EarthEarth
午Wǔ · HorseFire

Yang Earth Horse

Month辛酉Xīn Yǒu

Day Officer

收Shōu · Receive✦ Inauspicious

The gathering day: in the twelve-day cycle it stands for harvest and gathering in.

Day God

金匮Jīn Guì · Gold CasketYellow Path

Gold Casket, a yellow-path (黄道) god: in tradition a sign of treasure and plenty.

宜Favorable

忌Unfavorable

Peng Zu's taboos (traditional sayings)

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

  • 戊不受田,田主不祥Traditional saying: on 戊 (Wù) days, don't take on farmland; it was said to bring misfortune to its owner.
  • 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.

Daily Clash

冲鼠 · 煞北

This day clashes with the Rat; avoid the North 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

天上火

Tiān Shàng Huǒ · Heavenly Fire

Fire

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 Noble
寅03:00–04:59Inauspicious hour白虎White Tiger
卯05:00–06:59Auspicious hour玉堂Jade Hall
辰07:00–08:59Inauspicious hour天牢Heavenly Prison
巳09:00–10:59Inauspicious hour玄武Black Tortoise
午11:00–12:59Auspicious hour司命Director of Fate
未13:00–14:59Inauspicious hour勾陈Hook Star Noble
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