Chinese almanac for Wednesday 7 May 2025
4th lunar month, day 10. A Fire Rat day (Bing Zi, 丙子), in a Metal Snake month (Xin Si, 辛巳) and a Wood Snake year (Yi Si, 乙巳).
- Day officer
- Danger day (Wei, 危)
- Ruling spirit
- White Tiger (Bai Hu, 白虎), a black-path, unlucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Horse years (马: 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026). The sha (煞) lies south.
Good for
Weddings (嫁娶), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Consecrating a statue (开光), Travel (出行), Demolition (拆卸), Breaking ground (动土), Raising the roof beam (上梁), Moving the altar out before works (出火), Taking in new household members (进人口), Moving into a new home (入宅), Moving house (移徙), Setting up the bed (安床), Planting (栽种), Buying livestock (纳畜), Raising livestock (牧养), Raising pillars (竖柱), Hanging a door (安门), Building and repairs (修造), Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Visiting family and friends (会亲友)
Avoid
Nothing listed (无)
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 70 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:10–14:10. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:10–02:10 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:10–04:10 | Lucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:10–06:10 | Unlucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:10–08:10 | Lucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:10–10:10 | Unlucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:10–12:10 | Unlucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:10–14:10 | Lucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:10–16:10 | Unlucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:10–18:10 | Lucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:10–20:10 | Lucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:10–22:10 | Unlucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:10–00:10 | 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 Fire (Bing, 丙); this month, the Metal Snake month (Xin Si, 辛巳), has Yin Metal (Xin, 辛). 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.
Bing days: do not repair the stove, or disaster follows. (丙不修灶必见灾殃)
Rat days: do not consult a diviner, or you bring trouble on yourself. (子不问卜自惹祸殃)
God of Joy (Xi Shen, 喜神): southwest. God of Wealth (Cai Shen, 财神): southwest. God of Fortune (Fu Shen, 福神): northwest.
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