Chinese almanac for Tuesday 14 April 2026
2nd lunar month, day 27. An Earth Horse day (Wu Wu, 戊午), in a Water Dragon month (Ren Chen, 壬辰) and a Fire Horse year (Bing Wu, 丙午).
- Day officer
- Full day (Man, 满)
- Ruling spirit
- Heavenly Punishment (Tian Xing, 天刑), a black-path, unlucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Rat years (鼠: 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020). The sha (煞) lies north.
Good for
Consecrating a statue (开光), Travel (出行), Trading (交易), Sealing holes (塞穴), Weddings (嫁娶), Haircuts (理发), Opening a business (开市), Setting up the bed (安床)
Avoid
Praying for blessings (祈福), Moving the altar out before works (出火), Buying property (置产), Breaking ground (动土), Breaking ground for a grave (破土), Burials (安葬), Building and repairs (修造), Raising the roof beam (上梁), Moving into a new home (入宅)
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 74 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:14–14:14. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:14–02:14 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:14–04:14 | Lucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:14–06:14 | Unlucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:14–08:14 | Lucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:14–10:14 | Unlucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:14–12:14 | Unlucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:14–14:14 | Lucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:14–16:14 | Unlucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:14–18:14 | Lucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:14–20:14 | Lucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:14–22:14 | Unlucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:14–00:14 | 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 Earth (Wu, 戊); this month, the Water Dragon month (Ren Chen, 壬辰), has Yang Water (Ren, 壬). 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.
Wu days: do not take on land, or the owner has no luck with it. (戊不受田田主不祥)
Horse days: do not thatch a roof, or it must be done again. (午不苫盖屋主更张)
God of Joy (Xi Shen, 喜神): southeast. God of Wealth (Cai Shen, 财神): north. God of Fortune (Fu Shen, 福神): northeast.
Choosing a date