Tuesday
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 己巳 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchSnake
This day’s earthly branch is 巳 – Snake. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 己巳 gives the day’s animal. It comes from the calendar cycle, not the visitor’s birth details.
Traditional day qualityHold Day
执 – Hold Day. The traditional name means: holding, perseverance.
The twelve day officers follow the relationship between the day branch and the solar-month branch. Here the day is Snake 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
- Marriage嫁娶
- Coming-of-age ceremony冠笄
- Honouring ancestors and deities祭祀
- Prayers for blessings祈福
- Prayers for offspring求嗣
- Ritual fasting and ceremonies斋醮
- Welcoming a new household member进人口
- Meeting family and friends会亲友
- Felling trees伐木
- Preparing structural beams作梁
- Cutting mortises in wooden columns开柱眼
- Positioning a bed安床
- Digging a well掘井
- Trapping pests捕捉
- Hunting畋猎
Avoid
- Preparing a grave during one’s lifetime开生坟
- Groundwork for burial破土
- Funeral rites行丧
- Burial安葬
