Thursday
Heavenly StemYin Earth
This day’s heavenly stem is 己 – Yin Earth. The ten stems represent yin and yang pairs of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
The day is 己未 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchGoat
This day’s earthly branch is 未 – Goat. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 己未 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 Goat and the month is Horse; 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
- Opening a business开市
- Receiving wealth纳财
- Signing contracts立券
- Relocation移徙
- Travel出行
- Renovation修造
- Breaking ground for construction动土
- Laying foundations起基
- Setting column foundation stones定磉
- Erecting structural columns竖柱
- Dismantling building structures拆卸
- House cleaning扫舍
- Filling a reservoir放水
- Installing a household shrine安香
- Positioning a bed安床
- Shipbuilding造船
- Digging a pond or pool开池
- Digging a well掘井
- Building animal shelters造畜稠
- Planting栽种
Avoid
- Funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
- Groundwork for burial破土
- Installing or repairing a stove作灶
- Felling trees伐木
- Ritual fasting and ceremonies斋醮
