Chinese almanac for Friday 5 April 2030
3rd lunar month, day 3. A Metal Horse day (Geng Wu, 庚午), in a Metal Dragon month (Geng Chen, 庚辰) and a Metal Dog year (Geng Xu, 庚戌).
- Day officer
- Full day (Man, 满)
- Ruling spirit
- Heavenly Punishment (Tian Xing, 天刑), a black-path, unlucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Rat years (鼠: 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008, 2020). The sha (煞) lies north.
- Solar term
- Clear and Bright (Qing Ming, 清明), at 01:41 Malaysia time
Good for
Offerings and worship (祭祀), Making holy images (塑绘), Consecrating a statue (开光), Sending betrothal gifts (纳采), Weddings (嫁娶), Opening a business (开市), Travel (出行), Visiting family and friends (会亲友), Setting up the bed (安床), Making nets (结网), 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
Praying for blessings (祈福), Moving into a new home (入宅), Roofing (盖屋), Breaking ground (动土), Breaking ground for a grave (破土), Visiting the sick (探病)
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 Metal (Geng, 庚); this month, the Metal Dragon month (Geng Chen, 庚辰), 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.
Geng days: do not string a loom, or it stands idle. (庚不经络织机虚张)
Horse days: do not thatch a roof, or it must be done again. (午不苫盖屋主更张)
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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