Chinese Almanac for 2027-06-09 (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 5, day 5
• Pillars: 丁未 · 丙午 · 己未
• Zodiac: Goat
• Day officer: Remove
• Attending spirit: Gou Chen · Black Path · Inauspicious
• Sha direction: West
• Lunar mansion: Wall · Auspicious
• Festival: Dragon Boat Festival

Suitable

Betrothal gifts, Engagement, Marriage, Worship, Pray for fortune, Open business, Receive wealth, Sign contract, Relocation, Travel, Construction, Break ground, Lay foundation, Set foundation stones, Erect pillars, Dismantle, House cleaning, Release water, Install incense, Install bed, Build boat, Dig pond, Dig well, Build livestock pen, Planting

Unsuitable

Funeral rites, Burial, Break burial ground, Build stove, Logging, Taoist ritual

Spirits of the day

• Auspicious spirits: Four Ministers, Guard Day, Auspicious Period, Six Harmony
• Inauspicious spirits: 八专, Gou Chen

Directions

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