Thursday
Heavenly StemYang Wood
This day’s heavenly stem is 甲 – Yang Wood. The ten stems represent yin and yang pairs of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
The day is 甲午 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchHorse
This day’s earthly branch is 午 – Horse. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 甲午 gives the day’s animal. It comes from the calendar cycle, not the visitor’s birth details.
Traditional day qualityDanger Day
危 – Danger Day. The traditional name means: danger, caution.
The twelve day officers follow the relationship between the day branch and the solar-month branch. Here the day is Horse and the month is Pig; their relationship produces this officer.
This is a general traditional quality. Read the Suggested and Avoid lists for individual activities; the name does not promise success.
Traditional recommendations
Translations of the traditional entries. Enable Chinese originals to compare.
Suitable For
- Betrothal gifts纳采
- Engagement订盟
- Marriage嫁娶
- Honouring ancestors and deities祭祀
- Prayers for blessings祈福
- Carving and sculpture雕刻
- Relocation移徙
- Opening a business开市
- Moving into a home入宅
- Travel出行
- Breaking ground for construction动土
- Meeting family and friends会亲友
- Starting studies入学
- Renovation修造
- Laying foundations起基
- Installing doors or gates安门
- Positioning a bed安床
- Building a temple造庙
- Ritual release解除
- Receiving wealth纳财
- Digging a pond or pool开池
- Building animal shelters造畜稠
- Animal husbandry and grazing牧养
Avoid
- Installing a roof beam上梁
- Releasing goods from storage开仓
- Selling and dispatching goods出货财
- House construction and roofing盖屋
- Shipbuilding造船
