Chinese almanac for Thursday 1 March 2029
1st lunar month, day 17. A Metal Tiger day (Geng Yin, 庚寅), in a Fire Tiger month (Bing Yin, 丙寅) and an Earth Rooster year (Ji You, 己酉).
- Day officer
- Establish day (Jian, 建)
- Ruling spirit
- Heavenly Punishment (Tian Xing, 天刑), a black-path, unlucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Monkey years (猴: 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004, 2016). The sha (煞) lies north.
Good for
Cutting cloth for clothes (裁衣), Hanging the bridal curtains (合帐), Placing the body in the coffin (入殓), Taking off mourning clothes (除服), Putting on mourning clothes (成服), Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Receiving money (纳财)
Avoid
Offerings and worship (祭祀), Praying for blessings (祈福), Moving house (移徙), Weddings (嫁娶), 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 86 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:26–14:26. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:26–02:26 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:26–04:26 | Lucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:26–06:26 | Unlucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:26–08:26 | Unlucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:26–10:26 | Lucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:26–12:26 | Lucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:26–14:26 | Unlucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:26–16:26 | Lucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:26–18:26 | Unlucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:26–20:26 | Unlucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:26–22:26 | Lucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:26–00:26 | 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 Fire Tiger month (Bing Yin, 丙寅), has Yang Fire (Bing, 丙). 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)
Tiger days: do not make offerings, or the spirits will not accept them. (寅不祭祀神鬼不尝)
God of Joy (Xi Shen, 喜神): northwest. God of Wealth (Cai Shen, 财神): east. God of Fortune (Fu Shen, 福神): southwest.
Choosing a date