Saturday 31 October 2026
戊寅
Yang Earth over Tiger 寅
Lunar 九月廿二 · 霜降 Frost's Descent, day 8
定日 Stable · 城头土 Earth on the City Wall
宜 Favoured
- 捕捉 Catching pests
- 畋猎 Hunting
- 馀事勿取 Nothing else
忌 Avoided
- 开市 Opening a business
- 交易 Trading
- 祭祀 Ancestral offerings
- 入宅 Moving into a new home
- 安葬 Burial
This is the almanac's reading of the day itself, the same for everyone. Whether it suits you depends on your own four pillars.
The day in detail
- 戊寅
- Day pillar 日柱
- 定
- Officer 建除 · Stable
- 城头土
- Na Yin 纳音 · Earth on the City Wall
- 冲 猴 申
- Clashes the Monkey · 煞 北 North
- 东南
- 喜神 Joy · Southeast
- 北
- 财神 Wealth · North
- 东北
- 福神 Fortune · Northeast
- 胃
- Mansion 星宿 · Stomach
A clash day for people whose day or year branch is Monkey. It is a watch-out, not a verdict: it means take more care with what the day already disfavours. The god directions are the almanac's traditional bearings for the day.
The twelve hours 十二时辰
- 子23:00–01:00
- 丑01:00–03:00
- 寅03:00–05:00
- 卯05:00–07:00
- 辰07:00–09:00
- 巳09:00–11:00
- 午11:00–13:00
- 未13:00–15:00
- 申15:00–17:00
- 酉17:00–19:00
- 戌19:00–21:00
- 亥21:00–23:00
Clock time, the default. Which of these hours suits you, and which clash your chart, is worked out from your own pillars in the app.
What 戊寅 means for you depends on your own four pillars.
The app rates the day against your chart, gives you your own 宜 and 忌, and names the hours that suit you. No sign-up for the chart.