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Friday, January 15, 2027

Lunar month 12, day 8Yang Fire-Horse Year · Year of the HorseSolar term: Slight Cold · day 11 of 15 · 5d until Great Cold
Day Quality2/5
执InitiateAuspicious
天牢Heavenly PrisonBlack
ClashRat · North
Noble
丑 01:00–02:59 Lucky hour 未 13:00–14:59 Unlucky hour
宜
MarriageEngagementMove in+11
忌
Fell treesOpen a businessTrade+3

Day Pillar

甲Jiǎ · Yang WoodWood
午Wǔ · HorseFire

Yang Wood Horse

Month辛丑Xīn Chǒu

Day Officer

执Zhí · Initiate✦ Auspicious

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

Day God

天牢Tiān Láo · Heavenly PrisonBlack Path

Heavenly Prison, a black-path (黑道) god: in tradition a sign of confinement and restraint.

宜Favorable

忌Unfavorable

Peng Zu's taboos (traditional sayings)

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

  • 甲不开仓,财物耗散Traditional saying: on 甲 (Jiǎ) days, don't open the storehouse; it was said to make wealth drain away.
  • 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 Horse (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

沙中金

Shā Zhōng Jīn · Gold in the Sand

Metal

Lunar Mansion

牛Niú · Ox
Inauspicious
Animal牛 Ox
GroupNorth · Black Tortoise
Summary

Ox, one of the seven mansions of the Black Tortoise in the north; inauspicious in the traditional count.

Lucky and unlucky hours

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

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