Thursday 26 November 2026
甲辰
Yang Wood over Dragon 辰
Lunar 十月十八 · 小雪 Minor Snow, day 4
执日 Initiate · 覆灯火 Lamp Fire
宜 Favoured
- 嫁娶 Wedding
- 纳采 Betrothal gifts
- 订盟 Making an alliance
- 祭祀 Ancestral offerings
- 开光 Consecrating statues
- 出行 Travel
- 解除 Cleansing rituals
- 伐木 Felling trees
- 出火 Moving the altar out
- 入宅 Moving into a new home
- 移徙 Moving house
- 拆卸 Demolition
- 修造 Building and renovation
- 栽种 Planting
- 安葬 Burial
- 入殓 Encoffining
忌 Avoided
- 破土 Breaking ground for a grave
- 动土 Groundbreaking
- 安门 Installing doors
- 作灶 Building a stove
- 开市 Opening a business
- 交易 Trading
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
- 甲辰
- Day pillar 日柱
- 执
- Officer 建除 · Initiate
- 覆灯火
- Na Yin 纳音 · Lamp Fire
- 冲 狗 戌
- Clashes the Dog · 煞 南 South
- 东北
- 喜神 Joy · Northeast
- 东北
- 财神 Wealth · Northeast
- 北
- 福神 Fortune · North
- 奎
- Mansion 星宿 · Legs
A clash day for people whose day or year branch is 戌 Dog. 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 甲辰 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.