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Monday, April 28, 2031

Lunar month 3 (leap), day 7Yin Metal-Pig Year · Year of the PigSolar term: Grain Rain · day 9 of 16 · 8d until Start of Summer

This Day for Your Chart

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Day Quality1/5
破DestructionInauspicious
白虎White TigerBlack
ClashDragon · North
Noble
丑 01:00–02:59 Unlucky hour 未 13:00–14:59 Unlucky hour
宜
WorshipSeek medical careRemove taboos
忌
Most matters not advised

Day Pillar

戊Wù · Yang EarthEarth
戌Xū · DogEarth

Yang Earth Dog

Month壬辰Rén Chén

Day Officer

破Pò · Destruction✦ Inauspicious

The breaking day: the day's branch clashes with the month's, the sharpest conflict in the twelve-day cycle.

Day God

白虎Bái Hǔ · White TigerBlack Path

White Tiger, a black-path (黑道) god: in tradition a sign of force and danger.

宜Favorable

Traditional almanacs add: other matters not advised.

忌Unfavorable

Traditional almanacs add: most matters not advised.

Peng Zu's taboos (traditional sayings)

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

  • 戊不受田,田主不祥Traditional saying: on 戊 (Wù) days, don't take on farmland; it was said to bring misfortune to its owner.
  • 戌不吃犬,作怪上床Traditional saying: on 戌 (Xū, Dog) days, don't eat dog meat; it was said to bring uncanny trouble to your bed.

Shen Sha

Inauspicious

Daily Clash

冲龙 · 煞北

This day clashes with the Dragon; avoid the North direction.

Tai Sui (Year)

Tai Sui in Pig (North) · clashes with South

Tai Sui sits in the North for the year, opposing the South. Traditionally, almanacs advise against major construction, ground-breaking or burial in either direction until the next 立春 (Lichun).

Na Yin

平地木

Píng Dì Mù · Level-Ground Wood

Wood

Lunar Mansion

心Xīn · Heart
Inauspicious
Animal狐 Fox
GroupEast · Azure Dragon
Summary

Heart, one of the seven mansions of the Azure Dragon in the east; inauspicious in the traditional count.

Lucky and unlucky hours

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

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