Sunday
Heavenly StemYang Earth
This day’s heavenly stem is 戊 – Yang Earth. The ten stems represent yin and yang pairs of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
The day is 戊戌 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchDog
This day’s earthly branch is 戌 – Dog. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 戊戌 gives the day’s animal. It comes from the calendar cycle, not the visitor’s birth details.
Traditional day qualityRemove Day
除 – Remove Day. The traditional name means: removing the old, cleansing.
The twelve day officers follow the relationship between the day branch and the solar-month branch. Here the day is Dog and the month is Rooster; 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
- Marriage嫁娶
- Betrothal gifts纳采
- Honouring ancestors and deities祭祀
- Ritual release解除
- Travel出行
- Renovation修造
- Breaking ground for construction动土
- Opening a business开市
- Installing a roof beam上梁
- Positioning a bed安床
- Trimming fingernails and toenails整手足甲
- House cleaning扫舍
- Seeking medical care求医
- Treating illness治病
- Laying foundations起基
- Setting column foundation stones定磉
- House construction and roofing盖屋
- Completing a roof ridge合脊
Avoid
- Building a temple造庙
- Funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
- Felling trees伐木
- Installing or repairing a stove作灶
- Shipbuilding造船
