Tuesday 17 August 2027
戊辰
Yang Earth over Dragon 辰
Lunar 七月十六 · 立秋 Start of Autumn, day 9
成日 Success · 大林木 Wood of the Great Forest
宜 Favoured
- 安机械 Installing machinery
- 纳采 Betrothal gifts
- 订盟 Making an alliance
- 祭祀 Ancestral offerings
- 祈福 Praying for blessings
- 求嗣 Praying for children
- 开光 Consecrating statues
- 普渡 Offerings to wandering spirits
- 出行 Travel
- 出火 Moving the altar out
- 拆卸 Demolition
- 修造 Building and renovation
- 动土 Groundbreaking
- 进人口 Adding household members
- 开市 Opening a business
- 交易 Trading
- 立券 Signing contracts
- 移徙 Moving house
- 安床 Placing the bed
- 栽种 Planting
- 上梁 Raising the roof beam
- 纳畜 Buying livestock
- 破土 Breaking ground for a grave
- 移柩 Moving a coffin
- 安葬 Burial
忌 Avoided
- 入宅 Moving into a new home
- 嫁娶 Wedding
- 掘井 Digging a well
- 牧养 Raising animals
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
- 成
- Officer 建除 · Success
- 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
- 翼
- Mansion 星宿 · Wings
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.