Friday
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 甲子 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchRat
This day’s earthly branch is 子 – Rat. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 甲子 gives the day’s animal. It comes from the calendar cycle, not the visitor’s birth details.
Traditional day qualityOpen Day
开 – Open Day. The traditional name means: opening.
The twelve day officers follow the relationship between the day branch and the solar-month branch. Here the day is Rat and the month is Tiger; 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
- Honouring ancestors and deities祭祀
- Ritual consecration开光
- Prayers for blessings祈福
- Prayers for offspring求嗣
- Travel出行
- Opening a business开市
- Trading交易
- Signing contracts立券
- Breaking ground for construction动土
- Receiving wealth纳财
- Digging a well掘井
- Meeting family and friends会亲友
Avoid
- Moving into a home入宅
- Burial安葬
- Felling trees伐木
- Preparing structural beams作梁
- Acquiring domestic animals纳畜
- Building animal shelters造畜稠
- Installing or repairing a stove作灶
