Thursday
Heavenly StemYang Water
This day’s heavenly stem is 壬 – Yang Water. The ten stems represent yin and yang pairs of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
The day is 壬午 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchHorse
This day’s earthly branch is 午 – Horse. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 壬午 gives the day’s animal. It comes from the calendar cycle, not the visitor’s birth details.
Traditional day qualityReceive Day
收 – Receive Day. The traditional name means: gathering, receiving.
The twelve day officers follow the relationship between the day branch and the solar-month branch. Here the day is Horse and the month is Rooster; 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
- Honouring ancestors and deities祭祀
- Haircut理发
- Meeting family and friends会亲友
- Welcoming a new household member进人口
- Marriage嫁娶
- Acupuncture and moxibustion针灸
- Encoffining入殓
- Moving a coffin移柩
Avoid
- Visiting someone who is ill探病
- Digging a canal开渠
- Burial安葬
- Felling trees伐木
- Installing or repairing a stove作灶
- Moving into a home入宅
