Wednesday
Heavenly StemYang Earth
This day’s heavenly stem is 戊 – Yang Earth. The ten stems represent yin and yang pairs of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
The day is 戊子 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 戊子 gives the day’s animal. It comes from the calendar cycle, not the visitor’s birth details.
Traditional day qualityRemove Day
除 – Remove Day. The traditional name means: removing the old, cleansing.
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 Pig; 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
- Ritual consecration开光
- Travel出行
- Ritual release解除
- Relocating a household shrine出火
- Dismantling building structures拆卸
- Renovation修造
- Welcoming a new household member进人口
- Breaking ground for construction动土
- Moving into a home入宅
- Relocation移徙
- Planting栽种
- Acquiring domestic animals纳畜
- Digging a well掘井
- Burial安葬
- Ending mourning除服
- Beginning mourning observance成服
Avoid
- Buying property置产
- Positioning a bed安床
