Chinese Almanac for 2027-12-02 (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 11, day 5
• Pillars: 丁未 · 辛亥 · 乙卯
• Zodiac: Goat
• Day officer: Settle
• Attending spirit: Black Tortoise · Black Path · Inauspicious
• Sha direction: West
• Lunar mansion: Well · Auspicious

Suitable

Engagement, Betrothal gifts, Receive wealth, Open business, Sign contract, Worship, Pray for fortune, Relocation, Move in, Travel, Roof a house, Lay foundation, Construction, Break ground, Erect pillars, Raise beam, Install door, Install incense, Move stove fire, Train cattle/horses, Meet relatives, Break burial ground

Unsuitable

Marriage, Burial, Dig well, Buy property, Build boat

Spirits of the day

• Auspicious spirits: Heavenly Virtue, Monthly Grace, Four Ministers, Yang Virtue, People Day, Triple Harmony, Hour Yin, Five Harmony, Crow-Bark Pair
• Inauspicious spirits: Death Qi, Black Tortoise

Directions

• Joy spirit: Northwest
• Wealth spirit: Northeast
• Fortune spirit: Southwest

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.