Thursday, February 8, 2024
Welcome to the Daily Almanac. This traditional Chinese calendar tells you which activities are favorable or unfavorable on each day, based on celestial stems, earthly branches, and classical star systems. The almanac is a traditional reference, not a prediction.
This Day for Your Chart
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Day Pillar
Yang Water Tiger
Month丙寅Bǐng Yín
Day Officer
The establishing day, first of the twelve day officers: traditionally a day of founding.
Day God
Heavenly Punishment, a black-path (黑道) god: in tradition a sign of penalty and discipline.
宜Favorable
忌Unfavorable
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.
- 寅不祭祀，神鬼不尝Traditional saying: on 寅 (Yín, Tiger) days, don't make offerings; it was said to keep the spirits from partaking.
Shen Sha
Inauspicious
Daily Clash
This day clashes with the Monkey; avoid the North direction.
Tai Sui (Year)
Tai Sui sits in the East for the year, opposing the West. Traditionally, almanacs advise against major construction, ground-breaking or burial in either direction until the next 立春 (Lichun).
Lunar Mansion
Horn, one of the seven mansions of the Azure Dragon in the east; auspicious in the traditional count.
Lucky and unlucky hours
Yellow-path (黄道) hours are lucky and black-path (黑道) hours unlucky, 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