Chinese almanac for Friday 4 October 2024
9th lunar month, day 2. A Metal Ox day (Xin Chou, 辛丑), in a Water Rooster month (Gui You, 癸酉) and a Wood Dragon year (Jia Chen, 甲辰).
- Day officer
- Stable day (Ding, 定)
- Ruling spirit
- Hook Array (Gou Chen, 勾陈), a black-path, unlucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Goat years (羊: 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003, 2015). The sha (煞) lies east.
Good for
Consecrating a statue (开光), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Taoist fasting rites (斋醮), Building and repairs (修造), Breaking ground (动土), Receiving money (纳财), Building a storehouse (造仓), Building a toilet (开厕), Planting (栽种), Raising livestock (牧养), Visiting family and friends (会亲友)
Avoid
Building a stove (作灶), Moving the altar out before works (出火), Taking in new household members (进人口), Digging channels (开渠), Moving into a new home (入宅), Moving house (移徙), Offerings and worship (祭祀)
The good-for and avoid lists come from the open-source lunar calendar library (6tail), whose author built them from a popular Chinese calendar website’s data. Almanacs differ on these lists, and unlike the rest of this site they are not quoted from a classical text. How the rest is worked out
The hours, on the clock in Kuala Lumpur
Almanacs give the hours by the sun: the Horse hour is 11 to 1, when the sun is highest. In Kuala Lumpur today the sun runs 61 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:01–14:01. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:01–02:01 | Unlucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:01–04:01 | Unlucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:01–06:01 | Lucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:01–08:01 | Lucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:01–10:01 | Unlucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:01–12:01 | Lucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:01–14:01 | Unlucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:01–16:01 | Unlucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:01–18:01 | Lucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:01–20:01 | Unlucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:01–22:01 | Lucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:01–00:01 | Lucky | Snake (蛇) |
Lucky or unlucky by the spirit ruling the hour: six walk the yellow path and are lucky (Green Dragon, Bright Hall, Golden Casket, Heavenly Virtue, Jade Hall, Keeper of Fate); the other six walk the black path.
This day for each day master
BaZi reads a day by what its stem is to your day master, and a month by the month’s stem. This day’s stem is Yin Metal (Xin, 辛); this month, the Water Rooster month (Gui You, 癸酉), has Yin Water (Gui, 癸). Each links to what the classics say about it. Don’t know your day master? Read each day against your whole chart
The Peng Zu taboos
A rhyme every almanac prints: one line for the day’s stem, one for its branch.
Xin days: do not make sauce, or the master will never taste it. (辛不合酱主人不尝)
Ox days: do not put on the cap of office, or you will not return home. (丑不冠带主不还乡)
God of Joy (Xi Shen, 喜神): southwest. God of Wealth (Cai Shen, 财神): east. God of Fortune (Fu Shen, 福神): northwest.
Choosing a date