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Tuesday, March 8, 2061

Lunar month 2, day 17Yin Metal-Snake Year · Year of the SnakeSolar term: Awakening of Insects · day 4 of 15 · 12d until Spring Equinox

This Day for Your Chart

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Day Quality2/5
破DestructionInauspicious
玉堂Jade HallYellow
ClashRabbit · East
Noble
子 23:00–00:59 Auspicious hour 申 15:00–16:59 Inauspicious hour
宜
WorshipSeek medical careDemolish
忌
Most matters not advised

Day Pillar

乙Yǐ · Yin WoodWood
酉Yǒu · RoosterMetal

Yin Wood Rooster

Month辛卯Xīn Mǎo

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

玉堂Yù Táng · Jade HallYellow Path

Jade Hall, a yellow-path (黄道) god: in tradition a sign of elegance and nobility.

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.

  • 乙不栽植,千株不长Traditional saying: on 乙 (Yǐ) days, don't plant; it was said to keep a thousand seedlings from growing.
  • 酉不会客,醉坐颠狂Traditional saying: on 酉 (Yǒu, Rooster) days, don't receive guests; it was said to end in drunken, unruly behavior.

Shen Sha

Inauspicious

Daily Clash

冲兔 · 煞东

This day clashes with the Rabbit; avoid the East direction.

Tai Sui (Year)

Tai Sui in Snake (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

泉中水

Quán Zhōng Shuǐ · Spring Water

Water

Lunar Mansion

觜Zī · Turtle Beak
Inauspicious
Animal猴 Monkey
GroupWest · White Tiger
Summary

Turtle Beak, one of the seven mansions of the White Tiger in the west; inauspicious in the traditional count.

Auspicious and inauspicious hours

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

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