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 甲申 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 Monkey 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
- Marriage嫁娶
- Engagement订盟
- Betrothal gifts纳采
- Honouring ancestors and deities祭祀
- Prayers for blessings祈福
- Travel出行
- Seeking medical care求医
- Treating illness治病
- Relocating a household shrine出火
- Relocation移徙
- Moving into a home入宅
Avoid
- Opening a business开市
- Releasing goods from storage开仓
- Selling and dispatching goods出货财
- Positioning a bed安床
- Installing doors or gates安门
- Burial安葬
