Chinese almanac for Saturday 19 August 2028
6th lunar month, day 29. A Fire Rat day (Bing Zi, 丙子), in a Metal Monkey month (Geng Shen, 庚申) and an Earth Monkey year (Wu Shen, 戊申).
- Day officer
- Stable day (Ding, 定)
- Ruling spirit
- Green Dragon (Qing Long, 青龙), a yellow-path, lucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Horse years (马: 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014, 2026). The sha (煞) lies south.
Good for
Weddings (嫁娶), Sending betrothal gifts (纳采), Making pledges and agreements (订盟), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Taoist fasting rites (斋醮), Offerings for wandering spirits (普渡), Moving house (移徙), Moving into a new home (入宅), Travel (出行), Installing machinery (安机械), Consecrating a statue (开光), Building and repairs (修造), Breaking ground (动土), Raising pillars (竖柱), Raising the roof beam (上梁), Roofing (盖屋), Laying foundations (起基), Setting pillar bases (定磉), Hanging a door (安门), Burials (安葬), Breaking ground for a grave (破土)
Avoid
Opening a business (开市), Signing contracts (立券), Buying property (置产), Building a stove (作灶), Building a bridge (造桥)
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 76 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:16–14:16. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:16–02:16 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:16–04:16 | Lucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:16–06:16 | Unlucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:16–08:16 | Lucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:16–10:16 | Unlucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:16–12:16 | Unlucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:16–14:16 | Lucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:16–16:16 | Unlucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:16–18:16 | Lucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:16–20:16 | Lucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:16–22:16 | Unlucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:16–00:16 | 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 Monkey month (Geng Shen, 庚申), has Yang Metal (Geng, 庚). 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)
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): southwest. God of Wealth (Cai Shen, 财神): southwest. God of Fortune (Fu Shen, 福神): northwest.
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