Tuesday, October 9, 2029
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 Monkey
Month甲戌Jiǎ Xū
Day Officer
The opening day: in the twelve-day cycle it stands for openings and new starts.
Day God
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.
- 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.
- 申不安床，鬼祟入房Traditional saying: on 申 (Shēn, Monkey) days, don't set up a bed; it was said to let ghosts into the room.
Shen Sha
Inauspicious
Daily Clash
This day clashes with the Tiger; avoid the South direction.
Tai Sui (Year)
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).
Lunar Mansion
Wings, one of the seven mansions of the Vermilion Bird in the south; inauspicious 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