Chinese almanac for Wednesday 20 January 2027
12th lunar month, day 13. An Earth Pig day (Ji Hai, 己亥), in a Metal Ox month (Xin Chou, 辛丑) and a Fire Horse year (Bing Wu, 丙午).
- Day officer
- Open day (Kai, 开)
- Ruling spirit
- Bright Hall (Ming Tang, 明堂), a yellow-path, lucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Snake years (蛇: 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025). The sha (煞) lies west.
- Solar term
- Major Cold (Da Han, 大寒), at 15:29 Malaysia time
Good for
Sending betrothal gifts (纳采), Making pledges and agreements (订盟), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Taoist fasting rites (斋醮), Ritual bathing (沐浴), Taking in new household members (进人口), Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Starting school (入学), Medical treatment (治病), Installing a mill (安碓磑), Digging a well (掘井), Digging a pond (开池), Buying livestock (纳畜), Raising livestock (牧养), Building animal pens (造畜稠)
Avoid
Weddings (嫁娶), Hanging the bridal curtains (合帐), Moving into a new home (入宅), Funerals (行丧), 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 84 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:24–14:24. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:24–02:24 | Unlucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:24–04:24 | Lucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:24–06:24 | Unlucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:24–08:24 | Unlucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:24–10:24 | Lucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:24–12:24 | Unlucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:24–14:24 | Lucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:24–16:24 | Lucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:24–18:24 | Unlucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:24–20:24 | Unlucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:24–22:24 | Lucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:24–00:24 | Lucky | 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 Earth (Ji, 己); 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.
Ji days: do not break a contract, or both parties lose. (己不破券二比并亡)
Pig days: do not marry, or it goes badly for the groom. (亥不嫁娶不利新郎)
God of Joy (Xi Shen, 喜神): northeast. God of Wealth (Cai Shen, 财神): north. God of Fortune (Fu Shen, 福神): north.
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