Sunday 20 December 2026
戊辰
Yang Earth over Dragon 辰
Lunar 冬月十二 · 大雪 Major Snow, day 13
定日 Stable · 大林木 Wood of the Great Forest
宜 Favoured
- 纳采 Betrothal gifts
- 订盟 Making an alliance
- 祭祀 Ancestral offerings
- 祈福 Praying for blessings
- 开光 Consecrating statues
- 安香 Setting up an altar
- 出火 Moving the altar out
- 出行 Travel
- 会亲友 Gathering with family and friends
- 安机械 Installing machinery
- 修造 Building and renovation
- 动土 Groundbreaking
- 竖柱 Erecting pillars
- 上梁 Raising the roof beam
- 盖屋 Roofing
- 起基 Laying foundations
- 定磉 Setting pillar bases
- 安床 Placing the bed
- 安门 Installing doors
- 拆卸 Demolition
- 移徙 Moving house
- 造桥 Building a bridge
- 造船 Building a boat
- 安葬 Burial
- 破土 Breaking ground for a grave
- 入殓 Encoffining
忌 Avoided
- 开市 Opening a business
- 造庙 Building a temple
- 置产 Buying property
- 掘井 Digging a well
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
- 戊辰
- Day pillar 日柱
- 定
- Officer 建除 · Stable
- 大林木
- Na Yin 纳音 · Wood of the Great Forest
- 冲 狗 戌
- Clashes the Dog · 煞 南 South
- 东南
- 喜神 Joy · Southeast
- 北
- 财神 Wealth · North
- 东北
- 福神 Fortune · Northeast
- 虚
- Mansion 星宿 · Emptiness
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 戊辰 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.