Chinese Almanac: Thu, December 9, 2027

The day's Chinese almanac (Huang Li, Tong Shu), computed from the Imperial Almanac (Xieji Bianfang Shu). Tap any activity to see which spirits make it favourable or unfavourable.

Thu, December 9, 2027

9

Month 11, Day 12, 2027 (丁未年冬月十二)

丁未 Dīng Wèi year · 壬子 Rén Zǐ month · 壬戌 Rén Xū day

Select an activity to see which spirits make it favourable or unfavourable.

Lunar year
丁未 Dīng Wèi, year of the Goat
Nayin
Water of the Heavenly River · Mulberry Wood · Water of the Great Sea
Solar term
Day 3 of Major Snow ; 13 days to Winter Solstice
Day officer
Open Favourable
Clashes with
Dragon (Chén)
Day spirit
Heavenly Punishment Black Path
Auspicious spirits
Seasonal Yang, Vital Breath, Monthly Virtue
Inauspicious spirits
Nine Voids, Five Emptinesses, Attacking Day, Departure Without Return, Long Star, Heavenly Punishment
How the inauspicious spirits are weighed
  • Five Emptinesses:not unfavourable 與天德月德天德合月德合六合併則不忌
  • Nine Voids:not unfavourable 寅申月值滿日子午卯酉月值開日與月德天德合月德合併則不忌
Notes and sources

Lunar dates and solar terms are computed for Beijing time. The stem-branch year starts at Start of Spring and each month at its solar term, as in the BaZi chart; the lunar year and zodiac animal start at Chinese New Year.

The twelve day officers follow the Imperial Almanac (Xieji Bianfang Shu), chapter on the Twelve Day Officers: 正月建寅則寅日起建順行十二辰除危定執成開為吉建破平收滿閉為凶

The Yellow and Black Path spirits follow chapter 7 of the Imperial Almanac: counted from the month's Heavenly Ridge, Azure Dragon, Bright Hall, Golden Casket, Precious Light, Jade Hall and Arbiter of Fate are the Yellow Path; Heavenly Punishment, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Heavenly Prison, Black Tortoise and Gou Chen are the Black Path. Chapter 10 adds that the Yellow Path spirits follow the day's other good or bad spirits, so a Yellow Path day is not good for everything; the day's listed activities decide: 黄黒二道者黄道六黑道六共十有二以配十有二辰青龍明堂金匱寶光玉堂司命與吉神併則從所宜與凶神併則從所忌

Favourable and unfavourable activities follow the Imperial Almanac (Xieji Bianfang Shu): chapters 3–9 give each day's spirits, chapter 10 what each spirit favours or forbids and how good and bad spirits are weighed, and the activities are listed as the sixty of chapter 11. Spirits that vary by year and are absent from the book's monthly tables (such as the Long and Short Stars, monthly taboo days and Earth in Command) are also applied to the actual date.

The results have been checked page by page against 75 pages of the book's monthly tables (chapters 20–31). Where the tables disagree with the text, or with themselves, the text and the majority of pages are followed.

English names of the spirits and activities are this site's translations; the Chinese names are those of the book.