Ganzhi calendar, auspicious-day chooser, 24 solar terms, 12 shichen — Australia/Sydney time.
Guidance, not prophecy. For reflection, not decision.
2025-10-31 · Fri · Scorpio
Lunar 2025-09-11
Year pillar
Yǐ-Sì (Snake)
Month pillar
Bǐng-Xū
Day pillar
Guǐ-Yǒu (Water)
Halloween Eve
Suitable (宜)
Wedding
Tailoring
Coming-of-age ceremony
Bed-curtain joining
Ritual offering
Travel
Bed installation
Relocation
Sealing holes
Body encoffining
Soil-breaking
Moving the coffin
Burial
Avoid (忌)
Open for business
Planting
Property purchase
Filing a lawsuit
Door installation
Well digging
Statue consecration
Conflict (冲)
(Dīng-Mǎo) Rabbit
Sha direction (煞)：East
Auspicious deities (吉神宜趋)
Four Phases
Official Day
Removing Spirit
Treasure Light
Crying Bark
Inauspicious deities (凶神宜忌)
Month Harm
Heaven Officer
Causing Death
Blood Branch
Five Partings
Directions
Joy
Xùn (Wind) · South-East
Fortune
Gèn (Mountain) · North-East
Wealth
Lí (Fire) · Due South
Yang nobility
Xùn (Wind) · South-East
Yin nobility
Zhèn (Thunder) · Due East
28 mansions
Bond (Dog/Western/White Tiger) · Auspicious
Jianchu
Close
Day spirit
Heaven Virtue · Yellow Way (auspicious) · Auspicious
Nayin
Covered Lamp Fire · Earth on the Rooftop · Gold at the Sword's Edge
Pentad
Grass and trees turn yellow and fall
Fetal deity
Bedroom bed and door · Outer South-West
Empty branches
Xū + Hài
Pengzu · stem
On a Guǐ day, do not file lawsuits — your case is weak and the foe is strong.
Pengzu · branch
On a Yǒu day, do not receive guests — drunkenness will turn to madness.
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
Rén-Zǐ
Director of Destiny · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Bǐng-Wǔ) Horse
South
Chǒu Hour
01:00-03:00
Guǐ-Chǒu
Hooked Chen · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Dīng-Wèi) Goat
East
Yín Hour
03:00-05:00
Jiǎ-Yín
Azure Dragon · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Wù-Shēn) Monkey
North
Mǎo Hour
05:00-07:00
Yǐ-Mǎo
Bright Hall · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Jǐ-Yǒu) Rooster
West
Chén Hour
07:00-09:00
Bǐng-Chén
Heaven Punishment · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Gēng-Xū) Dog
South
Sì Hour
09:00-11:00
Dīng-Sì
Vermilion Bird · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Xīn-Hài) Pig
East
Wǔ Hour
11:00-13:00
Wù-Wǔ
Golden Coffer · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Rén-Zǐ) Rat
North
Wèi Hour
13:00-15:00
Jǐ-Wèi
Heaven Virtue · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Guǐ-Chǒu) Ox
West
Shēn Hour
15:00-17:00
Gēng-Shēn
White Tiger · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Jiǎ-Yín) Tiger
South
Yǒu Hour
17:00-19:00
Xīn-Yǒu
Jade Hall · Yellow Way (auspicious)
Auspicious
(Yǐ-Mǎo) Rabbit
East
Xū Hour
19:00-21:00
Rén-Xū
Heaven Jail · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Bǐng-Chén) Dragon
North
Hài Hour
21:00-23:00
Guǐ-Hài
Black Tortoise · Black Way (inauspicious)
Inauspicious
(Dīng-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
2025-01-05
13:32:47 +11:00
Greater Cold
2025-01-20
07:00:08 +11:00
Beginning of Spring
2025-02-04
01:10:28 +11:00
Rain Water
2025-02-18
21:06:34 +11:00
Awakening of Insects
2025-03-05
19:07:18 +11:00
Spring Equinox
2025-03-20
20:01:29 +11:00
Pure Brightness
2025-04-04
23:48:36 +11:00
Grain Rain
2025-04-20
05:56:01 +10:00
Beginning of Summer
2025-05-05
15:57:13 +10:00
Lesser Fullness of Grain
2025-05-21
04:54:39 +10:00
Grain in Ear
2025-06-05
19:56:32 +10:00
Summer Solstice
2025-06-21
12:42:16 +10:00
Lesser Heat
2025-07-07
06:04:59 +10:00
Greater Heat
2025-07-22
23:29:27 +10:00
Beginning of Autumn
2025-08-07
15:51:35 +10:00
End of Heat
2025-08-23
06:33:51 +10:00
White Dew
2025-09-07
18:51:57 +10:00
Autumn Equinox
2025-09-23
04:19:20 +10:00
Cold Dew
2025-10-08
11:41:13 +11:00
Frost's Descent
2025-10-23
14:50:56 +11:00
Beginning of Winter
2025-11-07
15:04:04 +11:00
Lesser Snow
2025-11-22
12:35:35 +11:00
Greater Snow
2025-12-07
08:04:37 +11:00
Winter Solstice
2025-12-22
02:03:05 +11:00
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