# Kua number: calculation and favorable directions

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Language: en
Updated: 2026-09-09

The Kua number in feng shui determines your group, eastern or western, and four favorable and four unfavorable directions. They are used to decide where to place the work desk, the head of the bed, and how to orient the entrance doors.

Only the date of birth and gender are needed: the Kua number is calculated from the year according to the Chinese calendar.