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Saturday, January 29, 2061

Lunar month 1, day 9Yin Metal-Snake Year · Year of the SnakeSolar term: Great Cold · day 11 of 15 · 5d until Start of Spring

This Day for Your Chart

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Day Quality1/5
破DestructionInauspicious
玄武Black TortoiseBlack
ClashOx · West
Noble
酉 17:00–18:59 Inauspicious hour 亥 21:00–22:59 Auspicious hour
宜
WorshipDemolish
忌
MarriageOpen a business

Day Pillar

丁Dīng · Yin FireFire
未Wèi · GoatEarth

Yin Fire Goat

Month己丑Jǐ Chǒu

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

玄武Xuán Wǔ · Black TortoiseBlack Path

Black Tortoise, a black-path (黑道) god: in tradition a sign of darkness and theft.

宜Favorable

Traditional almanacs add: other matters not advised.

忌Unfavorable

Peng Zu's taboos (traditional sayings)

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

  • 丁不剃头,头必生疮Traditional saying: on 丁 (Dīng) days, don't shave the head; it was said to bring sores to the scalp.
  • 未不服药,毒气入肠Traditional saying: on 未 (Wèi, Goat) days, don't take medicine; it was said to let poison into the body. A saying, not medical advice.

Shen Sha

Inauspicious

Daily Clash

冲牛 · 煞西

This day clashes with the Ox; avoid the West direction.

Tai Sui (Year)

Tai Sui in Dragon (East) · clashes with West

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

Na Yin

天河水

Tiān Hé Shuǐ · Heavenly River Water

Water

Lunar Mansion

女Nǚ · Maiden
Inauspicious
Animal蝠 Bat
GroupNorth · Black Tortoise
Summary

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

Auspicious and inauspicious hours

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

Yellow-path (黄道) hours are auspicious and black-path (黑道) hours inauspicious, 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