Chinese almanac for Saturday 24 April 2027
3rd lunar month, day 18. A Water Rooster day (Gui You, 癸酉), in a Wood Dragon month (Jia Chen, 甲辰) and a Fire Goat year (Ding Wei, 丁未).
- Day officer
- Initiate day (Zhi, 执)
- Ruling spirit
- Heavenly Virtue (Tian De, 天德), 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
Sending betrothal gifts (纳采), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Taoist fasting rites (斋醮), Travel (出行), Laying foundations (起基), Roofing (盖屋), Setting pillar bases (定磉), Hanging a door (安门), Placing the body in the coffin (入殓), Burials (安葬)
Avoid
Weddings (嫁娶), Opening a business (开市), Receiving money (纳财), Moving the altar out before works (出火)
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 71 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:11–14:11. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:11–02:11 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:11–04:11 | Unlucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:11–06:11 | Lucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:11–08:11 | Lucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:11–10:11 | Unlucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:11–12:11 | Unlucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:11–14:11 | Lucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:11–16:11 | Lucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:11–18:11 | Unlucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:11–20:11 | Lucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:11–22:11 | Unlucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:11–00:11 | 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 Wood Dragon month (Jia Chen, 甲辰), has Yang Wood (Jia, 甲). 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