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GUANYITANG · DAILY ALMANAC

The day's almanac

Read the day's auspicious and cautionary currents to know your bounds; trace each hour's generating and controlling forces to discern what lies ahead.

Sunday
Today

Xin–Chou year · Ox

Xin–Mao month

Lunar month 1, day 24
Jia–Yin dayGreat Stream Water

Good for

  • cutting garments
  • textile preparation
  • cutting timber
  • preparing column joints
  • dismantling
  • renovation
  • starting construction
  • raising roof beams
  • joining a roof ridge
  • preparing funerary timber
  • coffining rites
  • ending mourning observances
  • beginning mourning observances
  • moving a coffin
  • burial ground work
  • burial rites
  • reinterment rites
  • tomb maintenance
  • erecting a memorial

Avoid

  • rituals and remembrance
  • weddings
  • travel
  • digging a well

Clash and sha

Clashes with Monkey (Wu–Shen) · Sha: North

Auspicious directions

Joy Northeast · Wealth Northeast · Fortune North

Seasonal rhythm

Awakening of Insects · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Star · Sun · Horse · Close Day Officer · Azure Dragon

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Chou hour · Chen hour · Si hour · Wei hour · Xu hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Pig, Horse, Dog · Clashing: Monkey

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 6 · Metal · Position: Northwest

Supportive markers

7 traditional markers

Caution markers

3 traditional markers

CHOOSING A TIME

Two-hour windows

Read each period's auspicious or cautious path, activities, and presiding deity.

Zi hour00:00–00:59 / 23:00–23:59
Early ZiAuspicious · Good

Jia–Zi (Rat) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Late ZiAuspicious · Good

Bing–Zi (Rat) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · renovation
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites · taking up a post · travel
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Auspicious · Good

Yi–Chou (Ox) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · taking up a post
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Yin (Tiger) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · moving home · burial rites · taking up a post
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Mao (Rabbit) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · weddings · relocation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · renovation · burial rites · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Auspicious · Good

Wu–Chen (Dragon) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · opening for business · burial rites · taking up a post · meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · travel
Avoid
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · traveling by boat
Si hour09:00–10:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Si (Snake) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · engagement arrangements · weddings · relocation · opening for business · meeting a senior or patron
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · consecration · renovation · burial rites
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Wu (Horse) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction
Wei hour13:00–14:59
Auspicious · Good

Xin–Wei (Goat) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · travel · pursuing income · weddings · burial rites · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · rituals and remembrance
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ren–Shen (Monkey) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
You hour17:00–18:59
Cautious · Avoid

Gui–You (Rooster) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for
pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · offerings of thanks
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation · starting construction · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Auspicious · Good

Jia–Xu (Dog) · Director of Destiny · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · taking up a post
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Yi–Hai (Pig) · Hook Array · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
taking up a post · travel · renovation
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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