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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Lunar month 1, day 8Yin Wood-Snake Year · Year of the SnakeSolar term: Start of Spring · day 3 of 15 · 13d until Rain Water

This Day for Your Chart

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Day Quality3/5
平BalanceInauspicious
天德Heavenly VirtueYellow
ClashPig · East
Noble
子 23:00–00:59 Unlucky hour 申 15:00–16:59 Unlucky hour
宜
Build a stoveRemove taboos
忌
PlantTravelPrayer+3

Day Pillar

乙Yǐ · Yin WoodWood
巳Sì · SnakeFire

Yin Wood Snake

Month戊寅Wù Yín

Day Officer

平Píng · Balance✦ Inauspicious

The level day: in the twelve-day cycle it stands for balance and the everyday.

Day God

天德Tiān Dé · Heavenly VirtueYellow Path

Heavenly Virtue, a yellow-path (黄道) god: in tradition a sign of grace and blessing.

宜Favorable

忌Unfavorable

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.
  • 巳不远行,财物伏藏Traditional saying: on 巳 (Sì, Snake) days, don't travel far; it was said to send wealth and goods into hiding.

Shen Sha

Inauspicious

Daily Clash

冲猪 · 煞东

This day clashes with the Pig; avoid the East direction.

Tai Sui (Year)

Tai Sui in Snake (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

覆灯火

Fù Dēng Huǒ · Covered Lamp Fire

Fire

Lunar Mansion

轸Zhěn · Chariot
Auspicious
Animal蚓 Earthworm
GroupSouth · Vermilion Bird
Summary

Chariot, one of the seven mansions of the Vermilion Bird in the south; auspicious in the traditional count.

Lucky and unlucky hours

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

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