Chinese almanac for Monday 25 December 2028
11th lunar month, day 10. A Wood Monkey day (Jia Shen, 甲申), in a Wood Rat month (Jia Zi, 甲子) and an Earth Monkey year (Wu Shen, 戊申).
- Day officer
- Success day (Cheng, 成)
- Ruling spirit
- Green Dragon (Qing Long, 青龙), a yellow-path, lucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Tiger years (虎: 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010, 2022). The sha (煞) lies south.
Good for
Sending betrothal gifts (纳采), Making pledges and agreements (订盟), Moving house (移徙), Moving into a new home (入宅), Travel (出行), Installing machinery (安机械), Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Taoist fasting rites (斋醮), Consecrating a statue (开光), Setting up the home altar (安香), Moving the altar out before works (出火), Cleansing and clearing out (解除), Seeing a doctor (求医), Acupuncture (针灸), Medical treatment (治病), Roofing (盖屋), Laying foundations (起基), Building and repairs (修造), Hanging a door (安门), Building a boat (造船), Buying livestock (纳畜), Raising livestock (牧养), Moving a coffin (移柩), Placing the body in the coffin (入殓), Opening a grave for reburial (启钻), Thanking the earth after building (谢土), Repairing a grave (修坟), Setting up a tombstone (立碑)
Avoid
Weddings (嫁娶), Breaking ground (动土), Setting up the bed (安床), Building a bridge (造桥), Digging a well (掘井)
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 74 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:14–14:14. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:14–02:14 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:14–04:14 | Lucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:14–06:14 | Unlucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:14–08:14 | Unlucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:14–10:14 | Lucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:14–12:14 | Lucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:14–14:14 | Unlucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:14–16:14 | Lucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:14–18:14 | Unlucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:14–20:14 | Unlucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:14–22:14 | Lucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:14–00:14 | 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 Wood (Jia, 甲); this month, the Wood Rat month (Jia Zi, 甲子), 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.
Jia days: do not open the storehouse, or goods and money drain away. (甲不开仓财物耗散)
Monkey days: do not set up a bed, or spirits enter the room. (申不安床鬼祟入房)
God of Joy (Xi Shen, 喜神): northeast. God of Wealth (Cai Shen, 财神): northeast. God of Fortune (Fu Shen, 福神): north.
Choosing a date