Chinese Almanac for 2027-01-23 (Saturday)

What a day is suitable for follows from its stems and branches, its day officer and the spirits attending it, so no two days read alike. What is shown here is the traditional calculation, nothing more.

Lunar date and pillars

• Lunar date: Lunar month 12, day 16
• Pillars: 丙午 · 辛丑 · 壬寅
• Zodiac: Horse
• Day officer: Remove
• Attending spirit: Golden Chest · Yellow Path · Auspicious
• Sha direction: North
• Lunar mansion: Stomach · Auspicious

Suitable

Marriage, Consecration, Removal of ills, Move stove fire, Dismantle, Construction, Add household members, Move in, Relocation, Install bed, Planting, Encoffining, Repair tomb, Break ground, End mourning, Don mourning

Unsuitable

Build stove, Burial, Worship, Open business, Betrothal gifts, Engagement, Acquire livestock, Earth thanksgiving, Travel, Visit the sick

Spirits of the day

• Auspicious spirits: Hour Virtue, Minister Day, Auspicious Period, Jade Universe, Five Harmony, Golden Chest, Crow-Bark Pair
• Inauspicious spirits: Robbery Sha, Heavenly Thief, Five Voids

Directions

• Joy spirit: Due South
• Wealth spirit: Due South
• Fortune spirit: Southeast

The twelve double hours

The almanac follows the date-selection system of the Xieji Bianfang Shu, in which the reading of a day is built up from its stems and branches, its day officer and the spirits attending it. Editions differ in what they include. This page presents the calculation, not advice.