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 甲辰 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchDragon
This day’s earthly branch is 辰 – Dragon. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 甲辰 gives the day’s animal. It comes from the calendar cycle, not the visitor’s birth details.
Traditional day qualityBalance Day
平 – Balance Day. The traditional name means: levelling, balance.
The twelve day officers follow the relationship between the day branch and the solar-month branch. Here the day is Dragon and the month is Ox; 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
- Repairing and levelling roads平治道涂
- Other activities discouraged馀事勿取
Avoid
- Ritual consecration开光
- Marriage嫁娶
- Releasing goods from storage开仓
- Selling and dispatching goods出货财
- Shipbuilding造船
- Burial安葬
- Visiting someone who is ill探病
