Saturday
Heavenly StemYang Metal
This day’s heavenly stem is 庚 – Yang Metal. The ten stems represent yin and yang pairs of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
The day is 庚戌 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchDog
This day’s earthly branch is 戌 – Dog. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 庚戌 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 Dog 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
- Marriage嫁娶
- Betrothal gifts纳采
- Engagement订盟
- Exchanging birth details before betrothal问名
- Honouring ancestors and deities祭祀
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Cutting and making garments裁衣
- Meeting family and friends会亲友
- Welcoming a new household member进人口
- Receiving wealth纳财
- Trapping pests捕捉
- Installing or repairing a stove作灶
Avoid
- Opening a business开市
- Positioning a bed安床
- Burial安葬
- Repairing a grave修坟
