Chinese almanac for Tuesday 3 March 2026
1st lunar month, day 15. A Fire Rat day (Bing Zi, 丙子), in a Metal Tiger month (Geng Yin, 庚寅) and a Fire Horse year (Bing Wu, 丙午).
- Day officer
- Open day (Kai, 开)
- Ruling spirit
- Green Dragon (Qing Long, 青龙), a yellow-path, lucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Horse years (马: 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026). The sha (煞) lies south.
Good for
Sending betrothal gifts (纳采), Weddings (嫁娶), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Travel (出行), Opening a business (开市), Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Breaking ground (动土), Breaking ground for a grave (破土), Opening a grave for reburial (启钻)
Avoid
Moving house (移徙), Moving into a new home (入宅), Moving the altar out before works (出火), Hanging a door (安门), Burials (安葬)
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 86 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:26–14:26. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:26–02:26 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:26–04:26 | Lucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:26–06:26 | Unlucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:26–08:26 | Lucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:26–10:26 | Unlucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:26–12:26 | Unlucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:26–14:26 | Lucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:26–16:26 | Unlucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:26–18:26 | Lucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:26–20:26 | Lucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:26–22:26 | Unlucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:26–00:26 | 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 Tiger month (Geng Yin, 庚寅), has Yang Metal (Geng, 庚). 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.
Choosing a date