Chinese almanac for Saturday 5 October 2024
9th lunar month, day 3. A Water Tiger day (Ren Yin, 壬寅), in a Water Rooster month (Gui You, 癸酉) and a Wood Dragon year (Jia Chen, 甲辰).
- Day officer
- Initiate day (Zhi, 执)
- Ruling spirit
- Green Dragon (Qing Long, 青龙), a yellow-path, lucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Monkey years (猴: 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016). The sha (煞) lies north.
Good for
Consecrating a statue (开光), Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Demolition (拆卸), Building and repairs (修造), Breaking ground (动土), Raising pillars (竖柱), Hanging a door (安门), Raising livestock (牧养), Burials (安葬), Repairing a grave (修坟), Breaking ground for a grave (破土), Moving a coffin (移柩)
Avoid
Moving the altar out before works (出火), Moving into a new home (入宅), Moving house (移徙), Praying for blessings (祈福), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Setting up the bed (安床), Opening a business (开市), Weddings (嫁娶), Visiting the sick (探病)
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 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:01–04:01 | Lucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:01–06:01 | Unlucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:01–08:01 | Unlucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:01–10:01 | Lucky | 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 | Lucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:01–18:01 | Unlucky | 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 | Unlucky | 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 Yang Water (Ren, 壬); 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.
Ren days: do not release water, or it cannot be held back. (壬不泱水更难提防)
Tiger days: do not make offerings, or the spirits will not accept them. (寅不祭祀神鬼不尝)
God of Joy (Xi Shen, 喜神): south. God of Wealth (Cai Shen, 财神): south. God of Fortune (Fu Shen, 福神): southeast.
Choosing a date