chronomancy

Etymology

From chrono- + -mancy.

chronomancy means the divination of the best time to do something, or the determination of lucky and unlucky days. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

CHRONOMANCY — [Noun] The practice of divination to determine the most auspicious or inauspicious time for an action, particularly the identification of lucky and unlucky days. From the combining form chrono- (from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos), "time") and -mancy (from Ancient Greek μαντεία (manteía), "divination, prophecy"). Unlike horoscopy, which charts celestial minutiae to map a fixed destiny, or hemerology, which codifies days in a static almanac, chronomancy is the anxious, active interrogation of time's hidden character. It is the general consulting a haruspex for the day of battle, the farmer feeling an old wound to postpone the sowing, or the silent dread when a clock stops—a quiet rebellion against the tyranny of the undifferentiated clock, seeking a crack in its indifferent face.

noun

The divination of the best time to do something, or the determination of lucky and unlucky days.