Sukuyo compatibility distance: direction, near, middle and far
Sukuyo compatibility distance uses the shorter separation in a 27-mansion cycle after naming the reference; it is not physical or emotional distance.
Overview
Keep direction and shorter separation in separate fields. The unbanded offsets are important exceptions, not missing data.
At a glance
- Near
- Shortest separation 1–4
- Middle
- 5–8
- Far
- 10–13; 0 and 9 are unbanded
Direction is an ordered question
From A to B and from B to A are separate lookups. The two results may have different role names within the same family.
Always attach the source and target to a role in notes or screenshots.
How the band is calculated
For a forward offset d, the shorter separation is the smaller of d and 27 minus d.
OpenFate leaves zero and nine unbanded because those correspond to 命 and 業胎 families.
A boundary example
Offset four has shortest separation four and is near. Offset five is middle; offset ten is far.
Offset eighteen has shortest separation nine and is unbanded, not far.
What the band does not mean
Far does not mean a long-distance relationship, low affection or a late meeting in life.
Near does not prove immediate attraction or permission to move faster than another person wants.
Compare another school carefully
If another source uses a different band assignment, retain its rule beside the result. Do not splice its labels into this formula.
The product convention is explicit so that a disagreement can be traced rather than explained away.
Calculate one reverse pair
If A→B has forward offset 4, its shorter separation is 4 and the band is near; B→A has forward offset 23 but the same shorter separation.
The role name may reverse while the distance band stays the same. That symmetry is a useful arithmetic check, not a claim of equal feelings.
Sources and editorial basis
- 宿曜經 · T1299 卷下卷下「三必祕要法」三九法: 27-position reference. Near/middle/far bands here are product-specific, not attributed to this passage.The three-nine passage supplies historical relative-position terminology. It is not evidence that a modern relationship outcome is determined by a mansion pair.
- OpenFate Sukuyo calculator and calculation conventionEditorial code check 2026-09-10, policy 1.0.0: distance; policy.ts, constants.ts, engine.ts and traditional-cycles.ts. Product settings are not an independent historical authority; practical examples are OpenFate editorial applications.Product-specific input and output reference. Editorial checks also inspected policy 1.0.0 and the month-start constants on 2026-09-10; those implementation checks are not an independent traditional authority.