Why did the ancients choose auspicious days first? What is an auspicious day?

Ancient people's thoughts were feudal and superstitious. They think that only when they have done something important on the auspicious day of the zodiac can they complete it successfully and their future life will be comfortable and frank. Therefore, in some general occasions and events, the ancients will definitely choose the auspicious day, such as relocation, marriage, funeral and so on. In fact, not only the ancients will choose the auspicious day, but also the modern people will choose the auspicious day.

The origin of auspicious days in the ecliptic should start from the traditional calendar in China-the Huangli calendar, which is a method of recording the time, year, month and time invented by Xuanyuan, the ancient Huangdi. In the solar calendar, there are records of heavenly stems, earthly branches, duty days, stars, auspicious gods and demons. Among them, the auspicious gods are ecliptic, including Qinglong, Tiande, Yutang, Siming, Tang Ming and Jingui, and the evil gods are gangsters, including White Tiger, Sky Patrol, Suzaku, Tianlong, Xuanwu and Gouchen. In the Gregorian calendar, six eclipses and six gangsters are counted with the duty, and it is concluded that the time when six eclipses coincide with the duty is the so-called auspicious day of the ecliptic.

In modern times, the auspicious day of the zodiac has more explanations. In astronomy, when the earth revolves around the sun and intersects with other celestial bodies in the solar system in a circular orbit on the same plane, it is called the ecliptic. The ecliptic will pass through thirteen constellations in the universe, because the sun and the earth are in motion. When the sun passes through a certain point of the ecliptic, which is beneficial to the earth, it forms an auspicious day of the ecliptic. In fact, this auspicious day is just a kind of self-comfort for people. People need such a reason to do something more actively, and hope it will be smoother.

Whether in ancient times or in modern times, people are used to doing great things on auspicious days, such as building a house, moving a new house, getting married, having a funeral, opening a market, etc. Everyone hopes to do it on auspicious days, on the one hand, for smoother, and on the other hand, for a better future.