Friday
Heavenly StemYin Earth
This day’s heavenly stem is 己 – Yin Earth. The ten stems represent yin and yang pairs of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
The day is 己丑 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchOx
This day’s earthly branch is 丑 – Ox. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 己丑 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 Ox and the month is Rat; 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
- Engagement订盟
- Marriage嫁娶
- Honouring ancestors and deities祭祀
- Prayers for blessings祈福
- Installing a household shrine安香
- Relocating a household shrine出火
- Travel出行
- Meeting family and friends会亲友
- Weaving and setting up a loom经络
- Seeking medical care求医
- Treating illness治病
- Ritual release解除
- Dismantling building structures拆卸
- Laying foundations起基
- Renovation修造
- Breaking ground for construction动土
- Setting column foundation stones定磉
- House cleaning扫舍
- Planting栽种
- Animal husbandry and grazing牧养
- Building animal shelters造畜稠
Avoid
- Ritual fasting and ceremonies斋醮
- Preparing structural beams作梁
- Digging a well掘井
- Funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
