Chinese almanac for Sunday 17 January 2027
12th lunar month, day 10. A Fire Monkey day (Bing Shen, 丙申), in a Metal Ox month (Xin Chou, 辛丑) and a Fire Horse year (Bing Wu, 丙午).
- Day officer
- Danger day (Wei, 危)
- Ruling spirit
- Keeper of Fate (Si Ming, 司命), a yellow-path, lucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Tiger years (虎: 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022). The sha (煞) lies south.
Good for
Weddings (嫁娶), Sending betrothal gifts (纳采), Making pledges and agreements (订盟), Consecrating a statue (开光), Setting up the home altar (安香), Moving the altar out before works (出火), Receiving money (纳财), Opening a business (开市), Trading (交易), Signing contracts (立券), Cutting cloth for clothes (裁衣), Roofing (盖屋), Laying foundations (起基), Building and repairs (修造), Breaking ground (动土), Hanging a door (安门), Moving house (移徙), Moving into a new home (入宅), Planting (栽种), Raising livestock (牧养), Hunting (畋猎), Digging a well (掘井), Digging a pond (开池), Burials (安葬), Breaking ground for a grave (破土), Placing the body in the coffin (入殓), Taking off mourning clothes (除服), Putting on mourning clothes (成服), Setting up a tombstone (立碑)
Avoid
Praying for blessings (祈福), Building a temple (造庙), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Setting up the bed (安床), Thanking the earth after building (谢土)
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 83 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:23–14:23. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:23–02:23 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:23–04:23 | Lucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:23–06:23 | Unlucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:23–08:23 | Unlucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:23–10:23 | Lucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:23–12:23 | Lucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:23–14:23 | Unlucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:23–16:23 | Lucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:23–18:23 | Unlucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:23–20:23 | Unlucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:23–22:23 | Lucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:23–00:23 | 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 Ox month (Xin Chou, 辛丑), 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)
Monkey days: do not set up a bed, or spirits enter the room. (申不安床鬼祟入房)
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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