Chinese Almanac for Apr 12, 2028 | Lunar 3rd lunar month, day 18, Do's & Don'ts, Lucky Hours

Apr 12 Wednesday — overall: Fair

Lunar date	3rd lunar month, day 18 (Year of the Monkey)
Stem-Branch	Year Wu-Shen 戊申 · Month Bing-Chen 丙辰 · Day Ding-Mao 丁卯
Solar term	Next solar term: Grain Rain (4/19)
Twelve day officers	Close: A day of closing — not the day to start new things.
Yellow / Black Path	Hook Array (Black Path)
Clash & Sha	Clashes with Rooster (癸酉); Sha direction: West
Joy God / Wealth God	Joy God due South, Wealth God due East
Auspicious factors	Monthly Virtue Union, Heavenly Virtue Union
Unfavorable factors	Three Ladies Curse

Do & Avoid

Do: Nothing especially recommended

Avoid: Wedding, Engagement

By occasion

💍 Wedding: Avoid（It is a Close (閉) day）
💐 Engagement: Avoid（It is a Close (閉) day）
🛏️ Setting up the bed: Fair（It is a Close (閉) day）
🏠 Moving house: Fair（It is a Close (閉) day）
🎉 Business opening: Fair（It is a Close (閉) day）
✍️ Signing & deals: Fair（It is a Close (閉) day）
🔨 Renovation & groundbreaking: Fair（A "black path" day (Hook Array) — traditionally less suited to big matters.）
✈️ Long-distance travel: Fair（It is a Close (閉) day）
🚗 Picking up a car: Fair（It is a Close (閉) day）

Auspicious hours

Mao 卯 (05:00–06:59), Wu 午 (11:00–12:59), Wei 未 (13:00–14:59)

Pengzu's taboos

Ding: don't cut hair — sores may appear.
Mao: don't dig a well — the water won't be sweet.

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Chinese Almanac — Apr 12, 2028