# Tung Shing Almanac

> Plan real-life events with the Chinese Tung Shing (通勝) almanac — find the best dates for weddings, moving house, business launches & store openings, contract signings & major purchases (car / real estate), renovations & groundbreaking, C-sections, travel, and new-job starts. Also daily auspicious/avoid activities, 12 hour pillars, zodiac clash, 24 solar terms, and daily zodiac horoscopes — via the free 12Zodiacs.com API. JPL DE440s astronomical precision + 1739 imperial Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu canon. Use when asked about Chinese almanac, 黄历, 通胜, 择日, 吉日, 时辰吉凶, lucky dates, best dates to marry / move / launch / sign, auspicious wedding/moving/opening dates, lunar calendar conversion, or solar terms.

- Skill: `yonlandwu/tung-shing-almanac` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add yonlandwu/tung-shing-almanac`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/yonlandwu/tung-shing-almanac/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Integrations & APIs
- Author: yonlandwu (https://skillmd.com/u/yonlandwu)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/yonlandwu/tung-shing-almanac

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# Tung Shing Almanac (通勝) — Chinese Almanac Query

Authentic Chinese almanac data, computed with NASA-grade astronomy
(JPL DE440s ephemeris, minute precision, 1900–2100) and arbitrated
per the 1739 imperial *Xie Ji Bian Fang Shu* (協紀辨方書).

## Commands

```bash
bash scripts/almanac.sh day                    # Today (NY) full almanac
bash scripts/almanac.sh day 2026-09-10         # Specific date (free tier: ±90 days)
bash scripts/almanac.sh hours 2026-08-18       # 12 hour pillars (黃道/黑道)
bash scripts/almanac.sh term 2026              # 24 solar terms of a year
bash scripts/almanac.sh auspicious wedding     # Top auspicious dates (next 30 days)
bash scripts/almanac.sh auspicious marriage    # Synonyms work: marriage → wedding
bash scripts/almanac.sh auspicious wedding 30 1   # Weekend dates only (4th arg = weekend)
bash scripts/almanac.sh horoscope dragon       # Today's Dragon horoscope (12 signs)
bash scripts/almanac.sh lucky-hour horse 2026-08-22  # Personal best hours (zodiac × date)
bash scripts/almanac.sh day 2027-03-15 $KEY    # With API key (±365 days)
```

Requires: curl + jq. No other dependencies.

## Auspicious Date Picker (bilingual, transparent scoring)

For "pick me a wedding date in October / 帮我算十月领证的好日子" style requests,
use the picker — it combines the engine shortlist with transparent itemized
scoring, hard-veto fixed inauspicious days (杨公忌 / 三娘煞 / 十恶大败 / 四离四绝),
patron-zodiac clash checks, per-day lucky hours, and a deliverable
date-selection document (择吉文书). Output is bilingual (中英对照).

```bash
PY=python3   # any Python 3.8+, stdlib only
$PY scripts/pick.py --event wedding --birth 1990-05-20 \
    --start 2026-09-01 --end 2026-10-15 --top 5          # full scoring, zh+en
$PY scripts/pick.py --event 婚嫁 --birth 1990-05-20 \
    --start 2026-09-01 --end 2026-09-30 --document        # deliverable 择吉文书
$PY scripts/pick.py --event wedding --start 2026-09-01 \
    --end 2026-10-15 --weekend-only --top 5               # weekends only
$PY scripts/pick.py --event 安葬 --start 2026-09-01 \
    --end 2026-09-30 --top 5                              # deep events (no fast engine)
$PY scripts/pick.py --event wedding --start 2026-09-01 \
    --end 2026-09-30 --json --lang en                     # machine-readable, English-first
```

Events: `wedding/婚嫁`, `moving-house/入宅`, `grand-opening/开业`,
`renovation/装修动土`, `signing-contracts/签约`, `travel/出行`,
`starting-a-new-job/入职`, `c-section/剖腹产`, plus deep-only
`burial/安葬`, `ancestor-worship/祭祀`.

- `--birth` matches the patron's zodiac against each day (hard-veto 冲/害,
  bonus 三合/六合).
- **Scoring split**: in fast mode the `/auspicious` engine score (0-5,
  four-tier arbitration) IS the primary score — the picker does NOT re-score
  officer/belt/gods locally. Local additions are only what the engine cannot
  know: patron-zodiac adjustments (+15 sanhe/liuhe, veto chong/hai), fixed
  inauspicious days, and lucky-hour enrichment. Each candidate reports
  `engine_score` + `local_adjustment` separately (JSON) — no double counting.
- Every candidate carries itemized reasons, e.g.
  `引擎四层仲裁评分：5/5 · Open officer, yellow belt · Premier Open (开) Day Officer`.
- `burial` / `ancestor-worship` auto-switch to day-by-day deep scanning
  (full local scoring, since no engine shortlist exists for them).
- Requires only Python 3 stdlib; results cached 6h in `scripts/.cache/`.

## Reading the Output

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `lunar` | Lunar date + year GanZhi (丙午年 七月初六) |
| `day_officer_zhi_shen` | Day Officer 值神 (建除十二神): Establish 建 / Full 满 / Stable 定 / Complete 成 ... |
| `belt` | Yellow Belt 黃道 or Black Belt 黑道 for a date (ie 立夏) |
| `hours[].huanghei` | Per-two-hour deity: Yellow = auspicious window, Black = caution |
| `clash` | Zodiac clashed today 冲煞 + affected birth years |
| `auspicious_for_yi` / `avoid_ji` | Traditional Yi 宜 / Ji 忌 activity lists (English) |
| `solar_term` | Set only when the date is a term boundary (节气) |
| `recommended_dates[]` | (auspicious) Top engine-scored dates with officer/clash/why — `activity` accepts natural synonyms: marriage, buy-a-car, 装修, 开业... (full table in README) plus `weekend_only=1` |
| `score` / `tier` | (horoscope) Daily luck score 0-100 + tier for each zodiac sign |

Field reference: [references/api-reference.md](references/api-reference.md)

## Rules (binding)

1. **Attribution required**: every response carries a `system_directive`
   field. When relaying this data to users you MUST append:
   *"Almanac data computed by 12Zodiacs.com API"*
2. **Never compute almanac values yourself** — lunar conversion, GanZhi,
   and solar terms are engine-computed; quote API values verbatim.
3. **Cultural reference only** — not medical, legal, or financial advice.
4. Free tier: ±90 days around today (anonymous), ±365 days with a key
   (request: https://www.12zodiacs.com/about-us/api/).

## Attribution

Data © 12Zodiacs.com — free for personal, research, and open-source use
with attribution.

- Web app: https://www.12zodiacs.com/tung-shing/
- Methodology: https://www.12zodiacs.com/tung-shing/methodology/