Friday
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 戊寅 in the sixty-part stem–branch cycle. Its first character is the stem; this alone does not make a day favourable or unfavourable.
Earthly BranchTiger
This day’s earthly branch is 寅 – Tiger. Each of the twelve branches has an animal; the cycle marks days as well as birth years.
The second character of 戊寅 gives the day’s animal. It comes from the calendar cycle, not the visitor’s birth details.
Traditional day qualityOpen Day
开 – Open Day. The traditional name means: opening.
The twelve day officers follow the relationship between the day branch and the solar-month branch. Here the day is Tiger and the month is Dragon; 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
- Marriage嫁娶
- Travel出行
- Opening a business开市
- Signing contracts立券
- Acquiring domestic animals纳畜
- Animal husbandry and grazing牧养
- Relocating a household shrine出火
- Relocation移徙
- Moving into a home入宅
Avoid
- Prayers for blessings祈福
- Breaking ground for construction动土
- Groundwork for burial破土
- Burial安葬
- Encoffining入殓
