Thursday
Heavenly StemYang Fire
This day’s heavenly stem is 丙 – Yang Fire. The ten stems represent yin and yang pairs of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
The day is 丙申 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchMonkey
This day’s earthly branch is 申 – Monkey. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 丙申 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 Monkey and the month is Snake; 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
- Marriage嫁娶
- Cutting and making garments裁衣
- Haircut理发
- Travel出行
- Renovation修造
- Breaking ground for construction动土
- Welcoming a new household member进人口
- Opening a business开市
- Trading交易
- Signing contracts立券
- Hanging a signboard挂匾
- Relocation移徙
- Installing a roof beam上梁
- Planting栽种
- Acquiring domestic animals纳畜
Avoid
- Felling trees伐木
- Burial安葬
- Positioning a bed安床
- Honouring ancestors and deities祭祀
- Prayers for blessings祈福
