Libo

Chinese Almanac for 2027-01-28 (Thursday)

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 21
  • Pillars: 丙午 · 辛丑 · 丁未
  • Zodiac: Horse
  • Day officer: Break
  • Attending spirit: Black Tortoise · Black Path · Inauspicious
  • Sha direction: West
  • Lunar mansion: Well · Auspicious

Suitable

Worship, Demolish house, Break walls, Avoid other matters

Unsuitable

Taoist ritual, Marriage, Open business

Spirits of the day

  • Auspicious spirits: Universal Protection
  • Inauspicious spirits: Month Breaker, Great Loss, Four Strikes, Nine Voids, 八专, Black Tortoise, 阳破阴冲

Directions

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

The twelve double hours

HourPillarSpiritFortuneSuitable for
子 00:00–00:59庚子Heavenly PunishmentInauspiciousPray for fortune, Seek offspring, Travel, Seek wealth
丑 01:00–02:59辛丑Vermilion BirdInauspiciousPray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage
寅 03:00–04:59壬寅Golden ChestAuspiciousEngagement, Marriage, Move in, Burial
卯 05:00–06:59癸卯Heavenly VirtueAuspiciousSeek wealth, Meet a patron, Engagement, Marriage
辰 07:00–08:59甲辰White TigerInauspiciousBuild stove, Take office, Meet a patron, Seek wealth
巳 09:00–10:59乙巳Jade HallAuspiciousPray for fortune, Marriage, Construction, Roof a house
午 11:00–12:59丙午Heavenly PrisonInauspiciousEngagement, Marriage, Install bed, Relocation
未 13:00–14:59丁未Black TortoiseInauspiciousConstruction, Roof a house, Relocation, Build stove
申 15:00–16:59戊申Director of DestinyAuspiciousSeek offspring, Engagement, Marriage, Travel
酉 17:00–18:59己酉Gou ChenInauspiciousPray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage
戌 19:00–20:59庚戌Azure DragonAuspiciousPray for fortune, Seek offspring, Engagement, Marriage
亥 21:00–22:59辛亥Bright HallAuspiciousNone
子 23:00–23:59壬子Azure DragonAuspiciousNone

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.