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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.

Wednesday
Today

Xin–Chou year · Ox

Ren–Chen month

Lunar month 2, day 26
Yi–You daySpring Water

Good for

  • rituals and remembrance
  • prayer and reflection
  • consecration
  • family planning prayers
  • Taoist observance
  • engagement arrangements
  • formal commitments
  • seeking medical care
  • medical treatment
  • laying foundations
  • setting foundation stones
  • boat building
  • fishing
  • resolving outstanding matters
  • burial rites
  • reinterment rites
  • earth thanksgiving rites
  • coffining rites

Avoid

  • opening for business
  • starting construction
  • digging a well
  • opening a pond

Clash and sha

Clashes with Rabbit (Ji–Mao) · Sha: East

Auspicious directions

Joy Northwest · Wealth Northeast · Fortune Southwest

Seasonal rhythm

Clear and Bright · First pentad

Mansion and day officer

Chariot · Water · Earthworm · Hold Day Officer · Heavenly Virtue

Auspicious day

Favorable periods

Zi hour · Yin hour · Mao hour · Wu hour · Wei hour · You hour

Zodiac outlook

Favorable: Dragon, Snake, Ox · Clashing: Rabbit

Daily Nine Star

Nine Star 1 · Water · Position: North

Supportive markers

7 traditional markers

Caution markers

7 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

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

Good for
travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings · moving home · opening for business · burial rites · family planning prayers
Avoid
taking up a post · legal disputes · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration
Late ZiCautious · Avoid

Wu–Zi (Rat) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · taking up a post
Chou hour01:00–02:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Chou (Ox) · Hook Array · cautious path

Avoid
major undertakings
Yin hour03:00–04:59
Auspicious · Good

Wu–Yin (Tiger) · Azure Dragon · auspicious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · renovation · moving home · opening for business · transactions · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks
Mao hour05:00–06:59
Auspicious · Good

Ji–Mao (Rabbit) · Bright Hall · auspicious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · rituals and remembrance
Chen hour07:00–08:59
Cautious · Avoid

Geng–Chen (Dragon) · Heavenly Punishment · cautious path

Good for
prayer and reflection · family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · travel · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed
Avoid
raising roof beams · roofing a building · coffining rites
Si hour09:00–10:59
Cautious · Avoid

Xin–Si (Snake) · Vermilion Bird · cautious path

Good for
roofing a building · relocation · setting up a bed · moving home · opening for business · opening storage · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · offerings of thanks · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · engagement arrangements · weddings
Avoid
consecration · renovation · burial rites
Wu hour11:00–12:59
Auspicious · Good

Ren–Wu (Horse) · Golden Coffer · auspicious path

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

Gui–Wei (Goat) · Heavenly Virtue · auspicious path

Good for
meeting a senior or patron · pursuing income · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
taking up a post · travel
Shen hour15:00–16:59
Cautious · Avoid

Jia–Shen (Monkey) · White Tiger · cautious path

Good for
installing a stove · rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · offerings of thanks · taking up a post · travel · pursuing income · meeting a senior or patron · weddings · welcoming someone into the household · relocation · burial rites
Avoid
renovation · starting construction
You hour17:00–18:59
Auspicious · Good

Yi–You (Rooster) · Jade Hall · auspicious path

Avoid
taking up a post · travel · pursuing income
Xu hour19:00–20:59
Cautious · Avoid

Bing–Xu (Dog) · Heavenly Prison · cautious path

Good for
engagement arrangements · weddings · setting up a bed · relocation · moving home · renovation · burial rites
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
Hai hour21:00–22:59
Cautious · Avoid

Ding–Hai (Pig) · Black Tortoise · cautious path

Good for
family planning prayers · engagement arrangements · weddings · pursuing income · opening for business · transactions · setting up a bed · renovation · roofing a building · relocation · installing a stove
Avoid
rituals and remembrance · prayer and reflection · Taoist observance · consecration · taking up a post · travel
NATAL CHART · DAILY INSIGHT

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