Chinese almanac for Wednesday 17 November 2027
10th lunar month, day 20. A Metal Rat day (Geng Zi, 庚子), in a Metal Pig month (Xin Hai, 辛亥) and a Fire Goat year (Ding Wei, 丁未).
- Day officer
- Remove day (Chu, 除)
- Ruling spirit
- White Tiger (Bai Hu, 白虎), a black-path, unlucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Horse years (马: 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026). The sha (煞) lies south.
Good for
Sending betrothal gifts (纳采), Making pledges and agreements (订盟), Weddings (嫁娶), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Consecrating a statue (开光), Travel (出行), Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Taking in new household members (进人口), Opening a business (开市), Signing contracts (立券), Hanging a signboard (挂匾), Moving into a new home (入宅), Moving house (移徙), Hanging a door (安门), Planting (栽种), Breaking ground (动土), Seeing a doctor (求医), Medical treatment (治病), Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Laying foundations (起基), Building and repairs (修造), Roofing (盖屋), Burials (安葬)
Avoid
Building a stove (作灶), Setting up a loom (经络), Setting up the bed (安床)
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 59 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 11:59–13:59. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 23:59–01:59 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 01:59–03:59 | Lucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 03:59–05:59 | Unlucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 05:59–07:59 | Lucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 07:59–09:59 | Unlucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 09:59–11:59 | Unlucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 11:59–13:59 | Lucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 13:59–15:59 | Unlucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 15:59–17:59 | Lucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 17:59–19:59 | Lucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 19:59–21:59 | Unlucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 21:59–23:59 | 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 Metal (Geng, 庚); this month, the Metal Pig month (Xin Hai, 辛亥), 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.
Geng days: do not string a loom, or it stands idle. (庚不经络织机虚张)
Rat days: do not consult a diviner, or you bring trouble on yourself. (子不问卜自惹祸殃)
God of Joy (Xi Shen, 喜神): northwest. God of Wealth (Cai Shen, 财神): east. God of Fortune (Fu Shen, 福神): southwest.
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