Chinese Almanac for 2027-05-05 (Wednesday)

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 3, day 29
• Pillars: 丁未 · 甲辰 · 甲申
• Zodiac: Goat
• Day officer: Settle
• Attending spirit: Golden Chest · Yellow Path · Auspicious
• Sha direction: South
• Lunar mansion: Winnowing Basket · Auspicious

Suitable

Make vehicles, Worship, Pray for fortune, Seek offspring, Taoist ritual, Open business, Trade, Install machinery, Carving, Consecration, Roof a house, Join roof ridge, Lay foundation, Set foundation stones, Install door, Acquire livestock, Burial, Prepare living tomb, Erect stele, Earth thanksgiving

Unsuitable

Move in, Break ground, Open warehouse, Ship goods

Spirits of the day

• Auspicious spirits: Triple Harmony, Approach Day, Hour Yin, Respectful Peace, Removal Deity, Golden Chest, Crow and Bark
• Inauspicious spirits: Month Aversion, Earth Fire, Death Qi, Going to Death, Five Separations, 行狠

Directions

• Joy spirit: Northeast
• Wealth spirit: Northeast
• Fortune spirit: Due North

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.