Friday 7 May 2027
丙戌
Yang Fire over Dog 戌
Lunar 四月初二 · 立夏 Start of Summer, day 1
执日 Initiate · 屋上土 Earth on the Roof
宜 Favoured
- 祭祀 Ancestral offerings
- 祈福 Praying for blessings
- 求嗣 Praying for children
- 开光 Consecrating statues
- 解除 Cleansing rituals
- 合帐 Hanging bed curtains
- 冠笄 Coming-of-age ceremony
- 伐木 Felling trees
- 架马 Setting up trestles
- 作梁 Making beams
- 修造 Building and renovation
- 进人口 Adding household members
- 嫁娶 Wedding
- 裁衣 Making clothes
- 安床 Placing the bed
- 动土 Groundbreaking
- 起基 Laying foundations
- 上梁 Raising the roof beam
- 竖柱 Erecting pillars
- 放水 Releasing water
- 会亲友 Gathering with family and friends
忌 Avoided
- Nothing listed for this day
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
- 丙戌
- Day pillar 日柱
- 执
- Officer 建除 · Initiate
- 屋上土
- Na Yin 纳音 · Earth on the Roof
- 冲 龙 辰
- Clashes the Dragon · 煞 北 North
- 西南
- 喜神 Joy · Southwest
- 西南
- 财神 Wealth · Southwest
- 西北
- 福神 Fortune · Northwest
- 牛
- Mansion 星宿 · Ox
A clash day for people whose day or year branch is 辰 Dragon. 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 丙戌 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.