Knowledge › Eastern › Lunar calendarThe Hour of the Rat runs from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. A table of all 12 watch-hours in clock time, plus the two ways of setting the day boundary at midnight.
Updated 15 Oct 2026Calendar and astronomy
Dictionary › Choosing dates and hoursGiờ hoàng đạo are six two-hour slots a day, based on the twelve Earthly Branches and seen in folk practice as favorable for starting important work.
Updated 12 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selectionA guide to the 12 two-hour blocks of a traditional Vietnamese day, how the 6 auspicious and 6 inauspicious hours are determined, and notes on timing.
Updated 26 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selectionXem ngày tốt xấu hôm nay theo lịch âm dựa trên can chi, trực, sao và giờ hoàng đạo. Bài giải thích nguyên lý, cách tra và giới hạn của việc chọn ngày.
Updated 2 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Date selectionNhị thập bát tú trực nhật pairs the 28 mansions with days across seven Giáp Tý cycles of 420 days. Hiệp kỷ biện phương thư records it and criticises it.
Updated 14 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesFirst-day Tet travel for 2027: how to choose the hour and direction, prepare offerings, and follow the route, plus why sources disagree on the calculations.
Updated 21 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Festival customsOutdoor and indoor New Year's Eve offerings differ in who is invited, where the rite is held and the prayer text. Each region has its own symbolic dishes.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › The twelve zodiac animalsThe Dog (Tuất) in the Vietnamese zodiac: loyal and protective, tied to the Earth element, with the Dần-Ngọ-Tuất harmony group and recent birth years.
Updated 30 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Life-cycle ritesA step-by-step guide to preparing offerings and arranging full-month and first-birthday trays for your baby, plus the prayer and regional notes.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Ancestor worshipWhat does a giỗ require? Offerings, the offering tray, the prayer text and the order of the day, drawn from Vietnamese historical sources.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional festivalsCo Le Pagoda Festival (Ong Festival) in Ninh Binh runs from the 13th to the 16th of the ninth lunar month, with processions and a boat race by five clans.
Updated 27 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyThe Tuyệt star in the Trường Sinh Cycle marks endings and hidden beginnings. See its meaning across the 12 palaces of the Tử Vi chart.
Updated 16 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk traditional practicesHow to choose auspicious dates and times for weddings and groundbreaking in Vietnamese folk belief, with lunar calendar tips and simple rituals.
Updated 8 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingMai Hoa Dịch Số builds I Ching hexagrams from numbers, sounds and moments instead of coins. Tradition assigns it to Thiệu Ung, without proof.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customsXông đất, xông nhà and đạp đất are one new-year custom. Books on the North, Huế and the South differ on its name, lộc-picking and the vào khem wait.
Updated 12 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Traditional foodThe 15th day of the 7th lunar month has three offering trays: a vegetarian tray for Buddha, a full tray for ancestors, and one for wandering souls.
Updated 7 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefA guide to the Vietnamese housewarming ritual (nhập trạch): the offerings and each step in order, from the auspicious date to moving in.
Updated 26 Jun 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Tam ThứcDa Liu Ren builds the heaven plate from twelve Monthly Generals that shift with mid-qi, then places twelve Heavenly Generals from the Nobleman.
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesA guide to preparing New Year's Eve offerings, arranging the outdoor and indoor trays by Vietnamese custom, with safety notes and regional differences.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Western › AstrologyExplore the compatibility between Air signs (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius) in astrology: strengths, challenges, and how to build lasting relationships.
Updated 16 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyVan Hon in the Nine Luminaries: traits, its inauspicious meaning for men and women, and the 29th day ritual facing East.
Updated 19 Jun 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › Folk beliefHầu đồng is the spirit mediumship ritual at the heart of Đạo Mẫu, believed to channel the Tứ Phủ deities through a medium.
Updated 20 Aug 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyAnnual fortune in Tu Vi is a short-term layer read by superimposing a time cycle onto the natal chart. See its calculation basis and where schools disagree.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › PsychologyA guide to breakup grief: the emotional stages, what to do in the first week, handling keepsakes, and when to see a therapist.
Updated 23 Sept 2026
Knowledge › Western › EnneagramExplore the integration arrow (toward Type 6) and disintegration arrow (toward Type 9) of Type 3 in the Enneagram, and how to apply this for personal growth.
Updated 14 Jul 2026Modern system
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet and seasonal ritesHow to prepare the offering tray and perform the Kitchen Gods' ritual on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, following regional customs.
Updated 8 Jul 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Feng shuiMao Mountain in the 24 mountain system sits due East with the Wood element. Its meaning when sitting or facing depends on how it combines with other factors.
Updated 8 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Western › AstrologyVenus rules Taurus, shaping its love of beauty, stability and sensory comfort. See how this bond affects Taurean love, career and self-worth.
Updated 24 Jul 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › I ChingIn Mai Hoa Dich So, the trigram without the moving line is ti (the querent) and the trigram with the moving line is yong (the matter).
Updated 25 Sept 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyMoc Duc in the Trường Sinh Cycle: its origin, how it works, its meaning at the 12 stages, and its effect on each palace in the Zi Wei chart.
Updated 1 Aug 2026Traditional systems
Knowledge › Vietnam › RegionsWhat goes on a southern Vietnamese giỗ tray and how a Mekong Delta death anniversary is held: the dishes, the two days, and the portions guests take home.
Updated 11 Oct 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Vietnam › Tet customsFirst-footing is an old Vietnamese Tet custom: the first person to enter a home after midnight is believed to carry the year's fortune.
Updated 13 Sept 2026Culture and belief
Knowledge › Eastern › Vietnamese astrologyBirth years 1924 to 2043 by zodiac animal and nạp âm element, with the two year boundaries: Tết in folk usage and Lập Xuân in Bát Tự.
Updated 15 Oct 2026Traditional systems