Wednesday 30 December 2026
戊寅
Yang Earth over Tiger 寅
Lunar 冬月廿二 · 冬至 Winter Solstice, day 8
满日 Full · 城头土 Earth on the City Wall
宜 Favoured
- 订盟 Making an alliance
- 纳采 Betrothal gifts
- 会亲友 Gathering with family and friends
- 安机械 Installing machinery
- 开光 Consecrating statues
- 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
- 造桥 Building a bridge
- 栽种 Planting
- 纳畜 Buying livestock
- 造畜稠 Building animal pens
- 移柩 Moving a coffin
- 入殓 Encoffining
- 启钻 Exhuming remains
- 修坟 Repairing a grave
- 立碑 Erecting a tombstone
- 安葬 Burial
忌 Avoided
- 祈福 Praying for blessings
- 出火 Moving the altar out
- 嫁娶 Wedding
- 入宅 Moving into a new home
- 开市 Opening a business
- 破土 Breaking ground for a grave
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
- 满
- Officer 建除 · Full
- 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
- 参
- Mansion 星宿 · Three Stars
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.