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Does choosing a good day guarantee that an important task will succeed?
No. The old divination books themselves admit this. According to Tử Vi Khảo Luận, a good day does not guarantee that everything will go smoothly if the person has unfavorable factors or acts unwisely. Từ Tăng Sinh in Tử vi đẩu số Mệnh vận phân tích also holds that whether a marriage is good lies in the relationship between the two people, not in the wedding day.
From the article “Checking Today's Good and Bad Days by the Lunar Calendar: Principles, How to Look It Up, and the Limits of Date Selection”
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