Information contained in the calendar
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22
xin chou |
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Day according to Western calendar. |
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Stem-branch combination of the day according to Chinese Ganzhi. |
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12 Officers on Duty. Days written in red are more auspicious. |
Extra
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Yellow days are the beginning and middle points, jie and qi, of the Chinese Solar month. Time is GMT. |
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Liri is
the day before equinoxes and solstices. Nothing is
suitable. |
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Monthly General is used in Da Liuren divination. |
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Each stem-branch combination (Ganzhi) shows the colour of its melodic element (Nayin Wuxing): wood =
green |
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Huainanzi, a book published in the time of Early Han-dynasty (206 - 25 B.C.E), describes a twelve day cycle of favourable and unfavourable days. The method is also called Dong-gong or Master Dong. Jianchu shows the timeliness of the day in relation to the month. Jian is the most timely sharing the earthly branch with month. The branch of Po day clashes with the branch of the month. Zhi, Po and Wei are most untimely. Relationships with and between stems gives a more detailed view on the auspiciousness of the day. Interpretations mainly by Derek Walters (”Chinese Astrology”). |
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Jian
- Establishment |
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Chu
- Removal |
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Man
- Fulfillment |
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Ping
- Balance |
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Ding
- Determination |
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Zhi
- Rigidity |
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Po
- Destruction |
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Wei
- Danger |
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Cheng
- Completion |
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Shou
- Harvest |
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Kai
- Opening |
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Bi
- Closing |
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Chinese divided the sky into four quarters and named them as constellations: Azure Dragon (east), Red Bird (south), White Tiger (west), and Black Warrior or Turtle (north). Each of the constellations were further divided into seven asterisms. These asterisms divided the ecliptic - the Yellow Path - into 28 parts. By observing the position of Moon against the background of 28 asterisms, the Chinese were able to establish the position of the Sun. The division into 28 parts is supposed to be based on the Saturn cycle of 28 years or Moon cycle of 28 days. The asterisms occupy unequal segments of the sky. The Moon crosses the smallest of them in less than two hours; while it takes over two days for it to travel through the largest asterism. Because of the inability by most practitioners in the past to calculate precisely the position of the Moon in relation to real asterisms, they assigned one day of the 28-day cycle of the Moon for each asterism. This is still in use in popular forms of predictions using 28 asterisms. Asterisms were used for making weather forecasts. They were formerly one of the main factors in personal astrology, but they have lost their importance in astrological methods as presently practiced. They are still used in some forms of Feng Shui. Asterisms are most commonly used in a popular method of determining auspicious and inauspicious days for performing important activities. Interpretations mainly by Derek Walters (”Chinese Astrology”). |
Days written in red are mostly auspicious, those written in black mostly inauspicious.
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Horn |
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Neck |
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Base |
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House
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Heart |
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Tail |
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Winnowing
Basket |
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Southern
Dipper |
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Ox |
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Maid |
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Void |
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Danger
or Roof |
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Room |
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Wall |
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Astride |
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Tether |
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Stomach |
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Pleiades |
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Net |
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Beak |
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Orion |
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Well |
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Ghost |
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Willow |
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Stars |
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Bow |
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Wings |
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Chariot |