Tuesday
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 qualityFull Day
满 – Full Day. The traditional name means: fullness, filling.
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 Dog; 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
- Meeting family and friends会亲友
- Ritual bathing沐浴
- Haircut理发
- Cutting and making garments裁衣
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Positioning a bed安床
- Ending mourning除服
- Beginning mourning observance成服
- Exhumation启钻
- Moving a coffin移柩
- Burial安葬
- Preparing a grave during one’s lifetime开生坟
Avoid
- Opening a business开市
- Moving into a home入宅
- Travel出行
- Marriage嫁娶
- Repairing a grave修坟
- Prayers for blessings祈福
- Breaking ground for construction动土
- Installing doors or gates安门
- Thanksgiving rite after construction谢土
- Installing a roof beam上梁
