Ganzhi calendar, auspicious-day chooser, 24 solar terms, 12 shichen — Australia/Sydney time.
Guidance, not prophecy. For reflection, not decision.
2018-12-24 · Mon · Capricorn
Lunar 2018-11-18
Year pillar
Wù-Xū (Dog)
Month pillar
Jiǎ-Zǐ
Day pillar
Gēng-Yín (Metal)
Christmas Eve
Suitable (宜)
Receiving wealth
Open for business
Trade
Contract signing
Meeting relatives and friends
Welcoming new household members
Meridian work
Ritual offering
Praying for blessings
Incense installation
Fire-ritual extinguishing
Seeking medical treatment
Medical treatment
Construction
Ground-breaking
Demolition
Cleaning the home
Bed installation
Planting
Animal husbandry
Pre-building one's tomb
Coffin preparation
Body encoffining
Burial
Exhumation
Avoid (忌)
Wedding
Relocation
Move into a new home
Conflict (冲)
(Jiǎ-Shēn) Monkey
Sha direction (煞)：North
Auspicious deities (吉神宜趋)
Time Virtue
Minister Day
Post-horse
Heaven Empress
Heaven Horse
Heaven Shaman
Blessed Virtue
No General (favourable for marriage)
Birth of Fortune
Five Unions
Crying Bark Opposite
Inauspicious deities (凶神宜忌)
Five Voids
Return Taboo
White Tiger
Directions
Joy
Qián (Heaven) · North-West
Fortune
Kūn (Earth) · South-West
Wealth
Zhèn (Thunder) · Due East
Yang nobility
Lí (Fire) · Due South
Yin nobility
Gèn (Mountain) · North-East
28 mansions
Heart (Fox/Eastern/Azure Dragon) · Inauspicious
Jianchu
Full
Day spirit
White Tiger · Black Way (inauspicious) · Inauspicious
Nayin
Wood on Level Ground · Gold in the Sea · Pine and Cypress Wood
Pentad
Earthworms coil
Fetal deity
Mortar-mill and stove · Outer Due North
Empty branches
Wǔ + Wèi
Pengzu · stem
On a Gēng day, do not work the loom — the threads will tangle in vain.
Pengzu · branch
On a Yín day, do not perform sacrifices — gods and spirits will not partake.
12 Shichen for today
All times Sydney local (AEST/AEDT).
Shichen
Hour range (Sydney)
Hour pillar
Spirit
Luck
Conflict (冲)
Sha direction (煞)
Zǐ Hour
23:00-01:00
Bǐng-Zǐ
Azure Dragon · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Gēng-Wǔ) Horse
South
Chǒu Hour
01:00-03:00
Dīng-Chǒu
Bright Hall · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Xīn-Wèi) Goat
East
Yín Hour
03:00-05:00
Wù-Yín
Heaven Punishment · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Rén-Shēn) Monkey
North
Mǎo Hour
05:00-07:00
Jǐ-Mǎo
Vermilion Bird · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Guǐ-Yǒu) Rooster
West
Chén Hour
07:00-09:00
Gēng-Chén
Golden Coffer · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Jiǎ-Xū) Dog
South
Sì Hour
09:00-11:00
Xīn-Sì
Heaven Virtue · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Yǐ-Hài) Pig
East
Wǔ Hour
11:00-13:00
Rén-Wǔ
White Tiger · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Bǐng-Zǐ) Rat
North
Wèi Hour
13:00-15:00
Guǐ-Wèi
Jade Hall · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Dīng-Chǒu) Ox
West
Shēn Hour
15:00-17:00
Jiǎ-Shēn
Heaven Jail · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Wù-Yín) Tiger
South
Yǒu Hour
17:00-19:00
Yǐ-Yǒu
Black Tortoise · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Jǐ-Mǎo) Rabbit
East
Xū Hour
19:00-21:00
Bǐng-Xū
Director of Destiny · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Gēng-Chén) Dragon
North
Hài Hour
21:00-23:00
Dīng-Hài
Hooked Chen · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Xīn-Sì) Snake
West
Shichen are traditional 2-hour windows, for guidance only. Personal charts use longitude-corrected true solar time.
24 solar terms this year
Lesser Cold
2018-01-05
20:48:45 +11:00
Greater Cold
2018-01-20
14:09:02 +11:00
Beginning of Spring
2018-02-04
08:28:30 +11:00
Rain Water
2018-02-19
04:18:01 +11:00
Awakening of Insects
2018-03-06
02:28:11 +11:00
Spring Equinox
2018-03-21
03:15:28 +11:00
Pure Brightness
2018-04-05
06:12:47 +10:00
Grain Rain
2018-04-20
13:12:33 +10:00
Beginning of Summer
2018-05-05
23:25:22 +10:00
Lesser Fullness of Grain
2018-05-21
12:14:38 +10:00
Grain in Ear
2018-06-06
03:29:09 +10:00
Summer Solstice
2018-06-21
20:07:18 +10:00
Lesser Heat
2018-07-07
13:41:53 +10:00
Greater Heat
2018-07-23
07:00:21 +10:00
Beginning of Autumn
2018-08-07
23:30:40 +10:00
End of Heat
2018-08-23
14:08:35 +10:00
White Dew
2018-09-08
02:29:42 +10:00
Autumn Equinox
2018-09-23
11:54:07 +10:00
Cold Dew
2018-10-08
19:14:43 +11:00
Frost's Descent
2018-10-23
22:22:24 +11:00
Beginning of Winter
2018-11-07
22:31:45 +11:00
Lesser Snow
2018-11-22
20:01:30 +11:00
Greater Snow
2018-12-07
15:25:55 +11:00
Winter Solstice
2018-12-22
09:22:45 +11:00
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