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Wednesday, December 1, 1993

Lunar month 10, day 18Yin Water-Rooster Year · Year of the RoosterSolar term: Slight Snow · day 10 of 15 · 6d until Great Snow

This Day for Your Chart

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Day Quality4/5
执InitiateAuspicious
司命Director of FateYellow
ClashDog · South
Noble
酉 17:00–18:59 Auspicious hour 亥 21:00–22:59 Auspicious hour
宜
MarriageEngagementWorship+9
忌
Open a businessBreak groundOpen a grave

Day Pillar

丙Bǐng · Yang FireFire
辰Chén · DragonEarth

Yang Fire Dragon

Month癸亥Guǐ Hài

Day Officer

执Zhí · Initiate✦ Auspicious

The holding day: in the twelve-day cycle it stands for grasping and holding on.

Day God

司命Sī Mìng · Director of FateYellow Path

Director of Fate, a yellow-path (黄道) god: in tradition the keeper of the register of lives.

宜Favorable

忌Unfavorable

Peng Zu's taboos (traditional sayings)

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

  • 丙不修灶,必见灾殃Traditional saying: on 丙 (Bǐng) days, don't repair the stove; it was said to bring disaster.
  • 辰不哭泣,必主重丧Traditional saying: on 辰 (Chén, Dragon) days, don't weep; it was said to bring a second bereavement.

Daily Clash

冲狗 · 煞南

This day clashes with the Dog; avoid the South 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

沙中土

Shā Zhōng Tǔ · Sandy Earth

Earth

Lunar Mansion

箕Jī · Winnowing Basket
Auspicious
Animal豹 Leopard
GroupEast · Azure Dragon
Summary

Winnowing Basket, one of the seven mansions of the Azure Dragon in the east; auspicious in the traditional count.

Auspicious and inauspicious hours

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

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