Chinese almanac for Saturday 24 August 2030
7th lunar month, day 26. A Metal Rabbit day (Xin Mao, 辛卯), in a Wood Monkey month (Jia Shen, 甲申) and a Metal Dog year (Geng Xu, 庚戌).
- Day officer
- Danger day (Wei, 危)
- Ruling spirit
- Vermilion Bird (Zhu Que, 朱雀), a black-path, unlucky day
- Clashes
- People born in Rooster years (鸡: 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005, 2017). The sha (煞) lies west.
Good for
Praying for blessings (祈福), Taoist fasting rites (斋醮), Travel (出行), Coming-of-age rites (冠笄), Weddings (嫁娶), Carving (雕刻), Cutting holes for pillars (开柱眼), Moving into a new home (入宅), Building a bridge (造桥), Opening a business (开市), Trading (交易), Signing contracts (立券), Receiving money (纳财), Placing the body in the coffin (入殓), Taking off mourning clothes (除服), Putting on mourning clothes (成服), Moving a coffin (移柩), Breaking ground for a grave (破土), Burials (安葬), Opening a grave for reburial (启钻)
Avoid
Breaking ground (动土), Making pledges and agreements (订盟), Setting up the bed (安床), Digging a pond (开池)
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 75 minutes behind the clock, so on your clock the Horse hour is 12:15–14:15. The table is already converted. Why
| Hour | Clock time | Luck | Clashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rat (子) | 00:15–02:15 | Lucky | Horse (马) |
| Ox (丑) | 02:15–04:15 | Unlucky | Goat (羊) |
| Tiger (寅) | 04:15–06:15 | Lucky | Monkey (猴) |
| Rabbit (卯) | 06:15–08:15 | Lucky | Rooster (鸡) |
| Dragon (辰) | 08:15–10:15 | Unlucky | Dog (狗) |
| Snake (巳) | 10:15–12:15 | Unlucky | Pig (猪) |
| Horse (午) | 12:15–14:15 | Lucky | Rat (鼠) |
| Goat (未) | 14:15–16:15 | Lucky | Ox (牛) |
| Monkey (申) | 16:15–18:15 | Unlucky | Tiger (虎) |
| Rooster (酉) | 18:15–20:15 | Lucky | Rabbit (兔) |
| Dog (戌) | 20:15–22:15 | Unlucky | Dragon (龙) |
| Pig (亥) | 22:15–00:15 | 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 Monkey month (Jia Shen, 甲申), 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.
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