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Sunday, May 4, 2031

Lunar month 3 (leap), day 13Yin Metal-Pig Year · Year of the PigSolar term: Grain Rain · day 15 of 16 · 2d until Start of Summer

This Day for Your Chart

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Day Quality2/5
建EstablishInauspicious
青龙Azure DragonYellow
ClashDog · South
Noble
丑 01:00–02:59 Unlucky hour 未 13:00–14:59 Unlucky hour
宜
Travel
忌
Most matters not advised

Day Pillar

甲Jiǎ · Yang WoodWood
辰Chén · DragonEarth

Yang Wood Dragon

Month壬辰Rén Chén

Day Officer

建Jiàn · Establish✦ Inauspicious

The establishing day, first of the twelve day officers: traditionally a day of founding.

Day God

青龙Qīng Lóng · Azure DragonYellow Path

Azure Dragon, a yellow-path (黄道) god: in tradition a sign of vigor and good fortune.

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.

  • 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.
  • 辰不哭泣,必主重丧Traditional saying: on 辰 (Chén, Dragon) days, don't weep; it was said to bring a second bereavement.

Daily Clash

冲狗 · 煞南

This day clashes with the Dog; avoid the South 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

覆灯火

Fù Dēng Huǒ · Covered Lamp Fire

Fire

Lunar Mansion

虚Xū · Emptiness
Inauspicious
Animal鼠 Rat
GroupNorth · Black Tortoise
Summary

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

Lucky and unlucky hours

子23:00–00:59Unlucky 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