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Monday, April 18, 2061

Lunar month 3, day 28Yin Metal-Snake Year · Year of the SnakeSolar term: Clear and Bright · day 15 of 15 · 1d until Grain Rain

This Day for Your Chart

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Day Quality4/5
开OpenAuspicious
司命Director of FateYellow
ClashMonkey · North
Noble
酉 17:00–18:59 Inauspicious hour 亥 21:00–22:59 Inauspicious hour
宜
EngagementMarriageOpen a business+11
忌
Build a stoveBurialWorship

Day Pillar

丙Bǐng · Yang FireFire
寅Yín · TigerWood

Yang Fire Tiger

Month壬辰Rén Chén

Day Officer

开Kāi · Open✦ Auspicious

The opening day: in the twelve-day cycle it stands for openings and new starts.

Day God

司命Sī Mìng · Director of FateYellow Path

Director of Fate, a yellow-path (黄道) god: in tradition the keeper of the register of lives.

宜Favorable

忌Unfavorable

Peng Zu's taboos (traditional sayings)

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

  • 丙不修灶,必见灾殃Traditional saying: on 丙 (Bǐng) days, don't repair the stove; it was said to bring disaster.
  • 寅不祭祀,神鬼不尝Traditional saying: on 寅 (Yín, Tiger) days, don't make offerings; it was said to keep the spirits from partaking.

Shen Sha

Auspicious

Daily Clash

冲猴 · 煞北

This day clashes with the Monkey; avoid the North 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

炉中火

Lú Zhōng Huǒ · Furnace Fire

Fire

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.

Auspicious and inauspicious hours

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