Chinese almanac for Tuesday 7 March 2028
2nd lunar month, day 12. A Metal Rabbit day (Xin Mao, 辛卯), in a Wood Rabbit month (Yi Mao, 乙卯) and an Earth Monkey year (Wu Shen, 戊申).
- Day officer
- Establish day (Jian, 建)
- Ruling spirit
- Bright Hall (Ming Tang, 明堂), a yellow-path, lucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Rooster years (鸡: 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017). The sha (煞) lies west.
Good for
Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Praying for children (求嗣), Taoist fasting rites (斋醮), Weddings (嫁娶), Coming-of-age rites (冠笄), Travel (出行), Opening a business (开市), Trading (交易), Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Training cattle and horses (教牛马), Taking off mourning clothes (除服), Putting on mourning clothes (成服), Opening a grave for reburial (启钻), Burials (安葬), Moving a coffin (移柩)
Avoid
Breaking ground (动土), Moving house (移徙), Moving into a new home (入宅)
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 85 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:25–14:25. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:25–02:25 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:25–04:25 | Unlucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:25–06:25 | Lucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:25–08:25 | Lucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:25–10:25 | Unlucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:25–12:25 | Unlucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:25–14:25 | Lucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:25–16:25 | Lucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:25–18:25 | Unlucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:25–20:25 | Lucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:25–22:25 | Unlucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:25–00:25 | 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 Metal (Xin, 辛); this month, the Wood Rabbit month (Yi Mao, 乙卯), has Yin Wood (Yi, 乙). 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.
Xin days: do not make sauce, or the master will never taste it. (辛不合酱主人不尝)
Rabbit days: do not dig a well, or the water will not be sweet. (卯不穿井水泉不香)
God of Joy (Xi Shen, 喜神): southwest. God of Wealth (Cai Shen, 财神): east. God of Fortune (Fu Shen, 福神): northwest.
Choosing a date