Chinese almanac for Friday 25 December 2026
11th lunar month, day 17. A Water Rooster day (Gui You, 癸酉), in a Metal Rat month (Geng Zi, 庚子) and a Fire Horse year (Bing Wu, 丙午).
- Day officer
- Receive day (Shou, 收)
- Ruling spirit
- Bright Hall (Ming Tang, 明堂), a yellow-path, lucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Rabbit years (兔: 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999, 2011, 2023). The sha (煞) lies east.
Good for
Offerings and worship (祭祀), Ritual bathing (沐浴), Haircuts (理发), Receiving money (纳财), Taking in new household members (进人口), Planting (栽种), Cleaning the house (扫舍), Catching pests (捕捉), Hunting (畋猎), Making nets (结网)
Avoid
Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Burials (安葬), Moving into a new home (入宅), Moving house (移徙), Setting up the bed (安床), Opening a business (开市), Funerals (行丧), Moving the altar out before works (出火), Building a stove (作灶), Hanging a door (安门)
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 | Unlucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:14–06:14 | Lucky | 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 | Lucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:14–18:14 | Unlucky | 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 Yin Water (Gui, 癸); this month, the Metal Rat month (Geng Zi, 庚子), 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.
Gui days: do not go to law, or your case is weak and your opponent strong. (癸不词讼理弱敌强)
Rooster days: do not receive guests, or they get drunk and wild. (酉不会客醉坐颠狂)
God of Joy (Xi Shen, 喜神): southeast. God of Wealth (Cai Shen, 财神): south. God of Fortune (Fu Shen, 福神): northeast.
Choosing a date