Tuesday 24 August 2027
乙亥
Yin Wood over Pig 亥
Lunar 七月廿三 · 处暑 End of Heat, day 1
平日 Balance · 山头火 Fire on the Mountain Top
宜 Favoured
- 祭祀 Ancestral offerings
- 理发 Haircut
- 作灶 Building a stove
- 沐浴 Ritual bathing
- 修饰垣墙 Decorating walls
- 平治道涂 Levelling roads
忌 Avoided
- 嫁娶 Wedding
- 栽种 Planting
- 祈福 Praying for blessings
- 造桥 Building a bridge
- 安葬 Burial
- 安门 Installing doors
- 伐木 Felling trees
- 作梁 Making beams
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
- 乙亥
- Day pillar 日柱
- 平
- Officer 建除 · Balance
- 山头火
- Na Yin 纳音 · Fire on the Mountain Top
- 冲 蛇 巳
- Clashes the Snake · 煞 西 West
- 西北
- 喜神 Joy · Northwest
- 东北
- 财神 Wealth · Northeast
- 西南
- 福神 Fortune · Southwest
- 尾
- Mansion 星宿 · Tail
A clash day for people whose day or year branch is 巳 Snake. 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 乙亥 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.